Senior professional sales representative vs area sales representative

The differences between senior professional sales representatives and area sales representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a senior professional sales representative, becoming an area sales representative takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a senior professional sales representative has an average salary of $112,236, which is higher than the $58,355 average annual salary of an area sales representative.

The top three skills for a senior professional sales representative include pharmaceutical products, neurology and disease state. The most important skills for an area sales representative are customer service, business development, and sales process.

Senior professional sales representative vs area sales representative overview

	Senior Professional Sales Representative	Area Sales Representative
Yearly salary	$112,236	$58,355
Hourly rate	$53.96	$28.06
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	144,774	199,212
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 90%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	4

Senior professional sales representative vs area sales representative salary

Senior professional sales representatives and area sales representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Professional Sales Representative	Area Sales Representative
Average salary	$112,236	$58,355
Salary range	Between $68,000 And $182,000	Between $42,000 And $80,000
Highest paying City	-	Syracuse, NY
Highest paying state	-	Maine
Best paying company	-	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior professional sales representative and area sales representative education

There are a few differences between a senior professional sales representative and an area sales representative in terms of educational background:

	Senior Professional Sales Representative	Area Sales Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 90%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Senior professional sales representative vs area sales representative demographics

Here are the differences between senior professional sales representatives' and area sales representatives' demographics:

	Senior Professional Sales Representative	Area Sales Representative
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 55.9% Female, 44.1%	Male, 66.0% Female, 34.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.3% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 5.7% White, 73.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between senior professional sales representative and area sales representative duties and responsibilities

Senior professional sales representative example responsibilities.

Manage Santa Rosa/San Francisco territories, marketing and selling respiratory, urology, cardiology to pharmacies and primary care physicians.
Focuse on COPD, asthma, and diabetes product launches, and new inhaler training for all nurses and pharmacists.
Hire as part of the diabetes alliance start-up between Boehringer-Ingelheim and Eli Lilly.
Market pain franchise, including sales of chronic pain products in pain, neurology, and GI specialties.
Manage Santa Rosa/San Francisco territories, marketing and selling respiratory, urology, cardiology to pharmacies and primary care physicians.
Promote Risperdal (anti-psychotic), Reminyl (Alzheimer acetylcholinesterase inhibitor) and Durgesic

Area sales representative example responsibilities.

Manage and create all content distribute via various social media outlets: Facebook, twitter, feedback blogs, etc.
Create wholesale catalog using Powerpoint and PDF.
Add and update customer information in Seibel CRM application.
Schedule monthly sales, change POS, acquire extra sales/floor space.
Increase sales and product visibility by placing POS material and encouraging promotion participation within accounts.
Execute weekly on premise promotions and off-site special events that generate brand awareness, increase distribution and additional sales.

Senior professional sales representative vs area sales representative skills

Common senior professional sales representative skills

Pharmaceutical Products, 14%
Neurology, 9%
Disease State, 9%
Market Share Growth, 8%
Sales Growth, 6%
Sales Performance, 5%

Common area sales representative skills

Customer Service, 24%
Business Development, 17%
Sales Process, 15%
Customer Relations, 7%
Product Knowledge, 4%
Territory Sales, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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