Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
Description
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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
(Except Technical and Scientific Products)

High Risk
60%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
71%
(High Risk)
POLLING
50%
(Moderate Risk)
Average: 60%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
0.7%
by year 2033
WAGES
$65,630
or $31.55 per hour
Volume
1,288,920
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
4.0/10

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Calculated automation risk

71% (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 quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Negotiation

  • Persuasion

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Originality

User poll

50% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, the automation risk level we have generated suggests a much higher chance of automation: 71% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

The following graph is included wherever there is a substantial amount of votes to render meaningful data. These visual representations display user poll results over time, providing a significant indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products' job openings is expected to rise 0.7% 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

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products' was $65,630, or $31 per hour

'Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products' were paid 36.6% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 1,288,920 people employed as 'Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products' within the United States.

This represents around 0.8% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 117 people are employed as 'Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products'.

Job description

Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses or groups of individuals. Work requires substantial knowledge of items sold.

SOC Code: 41-4012.00

Comments

Anonymous (Low) 1 year ago
Primary focus of the job seems to be building rapport
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Miguel Palacios (Uncertain) 4 years ago
Because sales is a challenging career based on self motivating & hard work. Most of the new generation prefer a nonchallenging career most prefer a secure type of employment. This being said will reduce the candidate market forcing companies to look to automate the sales process.
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