Therapeutic specialist vs primary care representative

The differences between therapeutic 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 therapeutic specialist and a primary care representative. Additionally, a primary care representative has an average salary of $187,913, which is higher than the $35,912 average annual salary of a therapeutic specialist.

The top three skills for a therapeutic specialist include patients, disease state and healthcare professionals. The most important skills for a primary care representative are product knowledge, cardiology, and patients.

Therapeutic specialist vs primary care representative overview

	Therapeutic Specialist	Primary Care Representative
Yearly salary	$35,912	$187,913
Hourly rate	$17.27	$90.34
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	2,151	232,440
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Therapeutic specialist vs primary care representative salary

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

	Therapeutic Specialist	Primary Care Representative
Average salary	$35,912	$187,913
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $52,000	Between $97,000 And $363,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
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Differences between therapeutic specialist and primary care representative education

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

	Therapeutic Specialist	Primary Care Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Therapeutic specialist vs primary care representative demographics

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

	Therapeutic Specialist	Primary Care Representative
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 45.4% Female, 54.6%	Male, 50.1% Female, 49.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	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	6%	6%

Differences between therapeutic specialist and primary care representative duties and responsibilities

Therapeutic specialist example responsibilities.

Lead product launch of dermatology sales for Nucort and Halog
Manage educational speaker programs for physicians, nurses and pharmacists, introducing new oncology products.
Develop and maintain repeat clientele in a competitive cardiology sales market.
Value add programs for psychiatry departments within each assign hospital and clinic.
Diversify customer base by launching a variety of new products in allergy, otolaryngology, psychiatry, and pulmonary arenas.
Specialize in cardiology and endocrinology prescription products.

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.

Therapeutic specialist vs primary care representative skills

Common therapeutic specialist skills

Patients, 23%
Disease State, 14%
Healthcare Professionals, 11%
Business Plan, 9%
Account Management, 8%
Medicaid, 7%

Common primary care representative skills

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

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Updated January 8, 2025

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