Senior retail sales representative vs senior sales representative

The differences between senior retail sales representatives and senior sales representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a senior retail sales representative, becoming a senior sales representative takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a senior sales representative has an average salary of $82,550, which is higher than the $48,269 average annual salary of a senior retail sales representative.

The top three skills for a senior retail sales representative include customer service, product knowledge and business relationships. The most important skills for a senior sales representative are customer satisfaction, product knowledge, and sales consultants.

Senior retail sales representative vs senior sales representative overview

	Senior Retail Sales Representative	Senior Sales Representative
Yearly salary	$48,269	$82,550
Hourly rate	$23.21	$39.69
Growth rate	-	4%
Number of jobs	215,469	210,521
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Average age	43	47
Years of experience	6	4

Senior retail sales representative vs senior sales representative salary

Senior retail sales representatives and senior sales representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Retail Sales Representative	Senior Sales Representative
Average salary	$48,269	$82,550
Salary range	Between $35,000 And $66,000	Between $46,000 And $145,000
Highest paying City	-	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Google
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between senior retail sales representative and senior sales representative education

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

	Senior Retail Sales Representative	Senior Sales Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Senior retail sales representative vs senior sales representative demographics

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

	Senior Retail Sales Representative	Senior Sales Representative
Average age	43	47
Gender ratio	Male, 67.1% Female, 32.9%	Male, 63.1% Female, 36.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 15.2% Asian, 7.6% White, 62.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 72.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	6%

Differences between senior retail sales representative and senior sales representative duties and responsibilities

Senior retail sales representative example responsibilities.

Manage RFP's and pricing, direct marketing message, identify and launch new products, services and maintain senior-level relationships.
Develop and implement policies governing individual job responsibilities, payroll tracking and vacation schedules, and closing procedures.
Describe product to customers and accurately explain details about DirecTV services.

Senior sales representative example responsibilities.

Manage regional MRI techs and schedules.
Manage educational speaker programs for physicians, nurses and pharmacists, introducing new oncology products.
Generate leads and evangelize product to physicians in orthopedics, hematology, internal medicine, surgery, critical care and cardiology.
Train new ISR's on purchasing skills.
Field service representative for HMO and PPO accounts.
Create and present PowerPoint presentations and train large groups of sales representatives.

Senior retail sales representative vs senior sales representative skills

Common senior retail sales representative skills

Customer Service, 19%
Product Knowledge, 16%
Business Relationships, 10%
Retail Sales, 9%
Customer Issues, 7%
Repeat Business, 4%

Common senior sales representative skills

Customer Satisfaction, 21%
Product Knowledge, 11%
Sales Consultants, 8%
Customer Relationships, 8%
Sales Process, 7%
Customer Service, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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