Also called: Pharma Rep
Educates doctors about a company's medicines and persuades them to prescribe them.
Drives between clinics in a company car, brings lunch for the office staff, and gets five minutes with a doctor to explain a new drug's benefits and risks. Pay is heavily tied to sales results.
Estimate; base plus bonus.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's degree, often in science or business.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Business, Marketing, Chemistry.
Growing slowly. Shrinking in primary care as digital marketing grows, strong in specialty drugs.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Virtual detailing, email campaigns and AI marketing are cutting field rep jobs; relationship selling for specialty drugs remains.
Classes: Biology, Business or marketing, Speech or debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-4011.
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