First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

Most exposed tasks

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

• Keep records pertaining to purchases, sales, and requisitions.71
• Visit retailers and sales representatives to promote products and gather information.71
• Attend company meetings to exchange product information and coordinate work activities with other departments.69

Augmentable tasks

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

• Monitor sales staff performance to ensure that goals are met.59
• Provide staff with assistance in performing difficult or complicated duties.59
• Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.59

Most durable tasks

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

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

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 61 puts First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 8 of 18 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 10 augmentable, and 0 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: audit how much of your week sits in the exposed tasks above — then shift time toward the durable set or investigate the adjacent roles below.

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

• $87,520median wage
• 214,390employed
• 24,800annual openings
• +0.0%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.

• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 76
• First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 56
• First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 63
• First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 52
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 59
• First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 68

FAQ — First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

What does a score of 61 mean for a First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers?

It means that, weighted across the 18 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 61 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter 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: Keep records pertaining to purchases, sales, and requisitions; Visit retailers and sales representatives to promote products and gather information; Attend company meetings to exchange product information and coordinate work activities with other departments. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

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.