← Risk register Form CI-S · reviewed 2026-08-11

Sales & AI

22 occupations · 13,424,280 US workers · $654.1B in annual wages

How this sector scores

Sales averages 38/100 across its occupations, or 36/100 weighted by how many people actually work each one. No sector is uniformly anything — the spread below is the point.

COOKED 7 · EXPOSED 15 · SAFE 0

Most protected
Real Estate Brokers 62

Most exposed
Telemarketers 9

Occupation Verdict Resistance Where it holdsT·E·L·R·J Workers
Retail Salespersons EXPOSED 36/100 T E L R J 3,897,860
Cashiers COOKED 23/100 T E L R J 3,089,410
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel EXPOSED 39/100 T E L R J 1,256,010
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 1,238,190
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers EXPOSED 47/100 T E L R J 1,121,800
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents EXPOSED 51/100 T E L R J 489,570
Insurance Sales Agents EXPOSED 45/100 T E L R J 479,100
Counter and Rental Clerks COOKED 23/100 T E L R J 400,810
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products EXPOSED 50/100 T E L R J 284,800
Parts Salespersons COOKED 30/100 T E L R J 270,070
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers EXPOSED 44/100 T E L R J 214,390
Real Estate Sales Agents EXPOSED 59/100 T E L R J 193,370
Sales and Related Workers, All Other EXPOSED 35/100 T E L R J 93,180
Advertising Sales Agents EXPOSED 35/100 T E L R J 91,700
Demonstrators and Product Promoters EXPOSED 40/100 T E L R J 64,520
Telemarketers COOKED 9/100 T E L R J 58,430
Travel Agents COOKED 27/100 T E L R J 55,110
Sales Engineers EXPOSED 44/100 T E L R J 51,790
Real Estate Brokers EXPOSED 62/100 T E L R J 46,100
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers COOKED 27/100 T E L R J 21,530
Models COOKED 31/100 T E L R J 3,780
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 2,760

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