Specialist vs primary care representative

The differences between specialists and primary care representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a specialist and a primary care representative. Additionally, a primary care representative has an average salary of $187,913, which is higher than the $58,013 average annual salary of a specialist.

The top three skills for a specialist include patients, customer service and work ethic. The most important skills for a primary care representative are product knowledge, cardiology, and patients.

Specialist vs primary care representative overview

	Specialist	Primary Care Representative
Yearly salary	$58,013	$187,913
Hourly rate	$27.89	$90.34
Growth rate	10%	4%
Number of jobs	358,433	232,440
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Average age	42	47
Years of experience	2	2

Specialist vs primary care representative salary

Specialists and primary care representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Specialist	Primary Care Representative
Average salary	$58,013	$187,913
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $104,000	Between $97,000 And $363,000
Highest paying City	Jersey City, NJ	-
Highest paying state	New Jersey	-
Best paying company	The Citadel	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between specialist and primary care representative education

There are a few differences between a specialist and a primary care representative in terms of educational background:

	Specialist	Primary Care Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Specialist vs primary care representative demographics

Here are the differences between specialists' and primary care representatives' demographics:

	Specialist	Primary Care Representative
Average age	42	47
Gender ratio	Male, 47.5% Female, 52.5%	Male, 50.1% Female, 49.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 10.5% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	6%

Differences between specialist and primary care representative duties and responsibilities

Specialist example responsibilities.

Create, manage, and assist users with SharePoint sites.
Manage an on-site IRB and company good clinical practice (GCP) inspection.
Manage SharePoint sites by creating, editing, and customizing company sites, libraries and security.
Manage the building of accounts, assigning of static IP's, and scheduling of business class installations.
Convert servers from UNIX to Linux, all hardware diagnostics and repair including printers/plotters/desktops etc.
Follow safety procedures such as maintenance of all equipment (Telxon scanners, terminals and ladders).

Primary care representative example responsibilities.

Collaborate with primary care physicians and manage key product promotions-Cymbalta, Axiron, Cialis and Strattera.
Achieve sales growth objectives by incorporating product/technical knowledge, teamwork, customer and multi-product focus, innovation and creativity.
Promote in-line products to cardiologists, rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians.
Execute sales and marketing of family medicine, cardiology, and endocrinology products.
Promote Microzide & Dilacor for hypertension to primary care.
Promote the company's allergy, asthma, and anti-infective franchise.

Specialist vs primary care representative skills

Common specialist skills

Patients, 15%
Customer Service, 11%
Work Ethic, 5%
Patient Care, 4%
Exceptional Client, 4%
Troubleshoot, 4%

Common primary care representative skills

Product Knowledge, 27%
Cardiology, 20%
Patients, 13%
Territory Management, 6%
Internal Medicine, 3%
Neurology, 3%

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