AI job risk in Sales

All 21 occupations in this field, ranked by measured AI applicability. The field's median occupation sits in the high exposure band. Every row links to a full task-level breakdown with a personalization quiz and action plan.

High: 13Elevated: 5Moderate: 3Low: 0Minimal: 0

21occupations measured in this field

0.449most exposed: Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

0.130most resilient: First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

#	Occupation	Band	Score	Percentile (all 785)
1	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	High	0.449	100
2	Telemarketers	High	0.405	99
3	Advertising Sales Agents	High	0.353	97
4	Counter and Rental Clerks	High	0.344	96
5	Models	High	0.338	96
6	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	High	0.314	91
7	Demonstrators and Product Promoters	High	0.309	90
8	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	High	0.305	88
9	Retail Salespersons	High	0.299	88
10	Cashiers	High	0.298	88
11	Sales Engineers	High	0.297	87
12	Real Estate Sales Agents	High	0.265	84
13	Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers	High	0.257	82
14	Real Estate Brokers	Elevated	0.249	80
15	Parts Salespersons	Elevated	0.244	78
16	Travel Agents	Elevated	0.237	77
17	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	Elevated	0.232	76
18	Insurance Sales Agents	Elevated	0.228	75
19	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	Moderate	0.170	60
20	Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	Moderate	0.143	50
21	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	Moderate	0.130	45

Score = AI applicability (Microsoft Research, CC BY 4.0), data vintage 2026-07. Percentile = rank among all 785 occupations. New to these numbers? Start with how to read an exposure score, or read the full methodology.