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

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Write and record orders for merchandise or enter orders into computers.72

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Deliver merchandise and collect payment.49
• Answer questions about product features and benefits.49
• Arrange buying parties and solicit sponsorship of such parties to sell merchandise.48

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Persuade customers to purchase merchandise or services.33

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 47 puts Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 1 of 12 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 10 augmentable, and 1 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: adopt AI deliberately on the augmentable tasks and build visible evidence of the durable ones.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $41,380median wage
• 2,760employed
• 2,700annual openings
• -9.9%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Retail Salespersons 56
• Counter and Rental Clerks 64
• Demonstrators and Product Promoters 44
• Cashiers 60
• Telemarketer 85
• Driver/Sales Workers 57

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

What does a score of 47 mean for a Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers?

It means that, weighted across the 12 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 47 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Write and record orders for merchandise or enter orders into computers. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Persuade customers to purchase merchandise or services. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.