Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers

High Risk
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
78%
(High Risk)
POLLING
61%
(High Risk, Based on 52 votes)
Average: 69%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-14.6%
by year 2033
WAGES
$34,910
or $16.78 per hour
Volume
6,220
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
1.4/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

78% (High Risk)

High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Persuasion

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Negotiation

User poll

61% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 78% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' job openings is expected to decline 14.6% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' was 34.910 $, or 17 $ per hour

'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' were paid 27.4% lower than the national median wage, which stood at 48.060 $

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 6,220 people employed as 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 24 thousand people are employed as 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers'.

Job description

Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.

SOC Code: 41-9091.00

Comments (6)

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Don (No chance)
05 Dec 2025 20:37
I can’t imagine robots showing up to my door to sell me something. This job is uniquely human, you need to be able to understand human psychology and connect with people to get sales.
Carter (Low)
10 Jul 2024 15:53
Door to door sales Indoctrinates a need for perception and reciprocal salesmanship that is hard to replicate with AI.
Javed Khan
30 Aug 2020 03:12
it's not necessary that selling has to be done door to door there can be, are either ways(online,telli call etc) at the end sale is the goal
re
16 Jun 2020 09:45
Man, that's disappointing.
donzo washington
22 Jan 2020 11:08
Door to door salesmen are never going to be replaced. The only reason they ever sell is because people feel compelled to reply to a human being who keeps knocking on their door. If instead of a human it will be a machine people would ignore it.
franklin (Uncertain)
11 Nov 2019 01:18
idk man even if robots do it there will probably be plenty of humans still doing it
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