Overview

1. Automation Risk

2. User Poll

3. Growth

4. Wages

5. Volume

Decription

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

1.7/10 job score

AUTOMATION RISK

69%

risk level

POLLING

GROWTH

-24.1%

by 2030

WAGES

$29,730

or $14.29 hourly

VOLUME

8,360

as of 2020

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Comments (4)

Analysis

What is the risk of automation?

We calculate this occupation to have an automation risk score of 69% (Robots are watching)

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Qualities required for this occupation:

Persuasion

Social Perceptiveness

Negotiation

Key

very important

quite important

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What do you think the risk of automation is?

How likely do you think this occupation will be taken over by robots/AI within the next 20 years?

Highly likely
Likely
Could go either way
Small chance
No chance

How quickly is this occupation growing?

The number of 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' job openings is expected to decline by -24.1% by 2030

'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' is expected to be a very slow growing occupation in comparison to other occupations.

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2020 and 2030.
Updated projections are due Sep 2022.

What are the median wages for 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' in the United States?

In 2020 the median annual wage for 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' was $29,730, or $14.29 hourly

'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' are paid 29.1% lower than the national median wage, which stands at $41,950

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

How many people are employed in this occupation?

As of 2020 there were 8,360 people employed as Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers.

This represents around 0.01% of the employed workforce across the United States.

Job description

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

SOC Code: 41-9091.00

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Comments

Javed Khan says

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

Aug 30, 2020 at 03:12 AM

re says

Man, that's disappointing.

Jun 16, 2020 at 09:45 AM

donzo washington says

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.

Jan 22, 2020 at 11:08 AM

franklin (Could go either way) says

idk man even if robots do it there will probably be plenty of humans still doing it

Nov 11, 2019 at 01:18 AM