Wholesale and retail merchant vs purveyor

The differences between wholesale and retail merchants and purveyors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a wholesale and retail merchant and a purveyor. Additionally, a purveyor has an average salary of $61,138, which is higher than the $55,137 average annual salary of a wholesale and retail merchant.

Wholesale and retail merchant vs purveyor overview

	Wholesale And Retail Merchant	Purveyor
Yearly salary	$55,137	$61,138
Hourly rate	$26.51	$29.39
Growth rate	19%	-
Number of jobs	61,220	1,421
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Wholesale and retail merchant vs purveyor salary

Wholesale and retail merchants and purveyors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Wholesale And Retail Merchant	Purveyor
Average salary	$55,137	$61,138
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $79,000	Between $28,000 And $129,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between wholesale and retail merchant and purveyor education

There are a few differences between a wholesale and retail merchant and a purveyor in terms of educational background:

	Wholesale And Retail Merchant	Purveyor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Business	Communication
Most common college	University of Akron	University of Pennsylvania

Wholesale and retail merchant vs purveyor demographics

Here are the differences between wholesale and retail merchants' and purveyors' demographics:

	Wholesale And Retail Merchant	Purveyor
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 57.1% Female, 42.9%	Male, 67.9% Female, 32.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 15.7% Asian, 6.5% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 5.7% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.0% Asian, 4.7% White, 71.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between wholesale and retail merchant and purveyor duties and responsibilities

Wholesale and retail merchant example responsibilities.

Manage Nintendo's promotional programs; secure and maintain point-of-purchase displays that alert customers to brand availability.
Execute daily operations of apparel production.
Respond to written and telephone requests for purchases of girls' apparel.
Manage Nintendo's promotional programs; secure and maintain point-of-purchase displays that alert customers to brand availability.
Work at upselling photo products to customers.

Purveyor example responsibilities.

Coordinate and provide direction to inventory teams by managing product placement, open-to-buy, and logistics.
Work closely with the logistics department and internal warehouse to coordinate just in time deliveries and maintain daily inventory reconciliation.
Manage RFP process including search and qualification of requests and coordinate fulfillment.

Wholesale and retail merchant vs purveyor skills

Common wholesale and retail merchant skills

Product Development, 28%
Apparel, 26%
Bottom Line, 19%
Customer Service, 17%
Retail Sales, 10%

Common purveyor skills

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Wholesale And Retail Merchant vs Purveyor

Updated January 8, 2025

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