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

High Risk
70%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
78%
(High Risk)
POLLING
62%
(High Risk)
Average: 70%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-14.6%
by year 2033
WAGES
$34,910
or $16.78 per hour
Volume
6,220
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
1.4/10

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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

62% 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.

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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 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

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 $16 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

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Comments

Carter (Low) 5 months ago
Door to door sales Indoctrinates a need for perception and reciprocal salesmanship that is hard to replicate with AI.
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Javed Khan 4 years ago
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
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re 4 years ago
Man, that's disappointing.
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donzo washington 4 years ago
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.
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franklin (Uncertain) 5 years ago
idk man even if robots do it there will probably be plenty of humans still doing it
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