The Replaceability Index

Sales: AI Replaceability Across 21 Occupations

Compare AI task exposure across occupations, alongside pay and projected growth. 21 occupations in this view. The score is a relative index of task exposure from 0 to 100. It is not a percentage chance of losing a job or a forecast of layoffs. Individual tasks, employer choices, adoption, and regulation all matter.

Occupation data. Exposure is an index out of 100, not a probability.
OccupationExposure /100Median annual wageStored growth projectionEmployment
Models18$37,600+5%1,600
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers22$46,310+0%1,242,600
Sales Engineers22$112,000+5%60,100
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers24$90,880+3%289,300
Real Estate Brokers38$68,630+2%51,900
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel38$71,420+3%805,100
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products38$100,360+1%327,900
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing42$73,080+1%1,354,300
Sales and Related Workers, All Other42$41,280+3%172,700
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents46$76,990+7%506,100
Real Estate Sales Agents48$56,620+2%191,200
Demonstrators and Product Promoters48$36,210+3%79,000
Insurance Sales Agents52$59,080+6%575,800
Parts Salespersons52$36,470+2%243,400
Advertising Sales Agents54$60,750-7%111,000
Counter and Rental Clerks58$35,740+3%480,200
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers58$33,570-3%14,900
Retail Salespersons62$33,920+0%3,682,400
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers82$29,510+3%12,000
Telemarketers82$31,520-7%89,200
Cashiers92$30,710-10%3,336,300

Sources and methodology

The score is a relative index of task exposure from 0 to 100. It is not a percentage chance of losing a job or a forecast of layoffs. Individual tasks, employer choices, adoption, and regulation all matter.

The Index uses stored BLS-based occupation data. O*NET, OECD capability indicators, and task-exposure research are contextual references. The derivation of the stored occupation scores is not reproducibly documented in the published dataset.

The source snapshot does not record the wage-survey year or employment-projection window. Check the original BLS release before treating these figures as current. Editorial changes and export dates do not establish data freshness.

Read the methodology and limitations