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First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

Sales and Related · SOC 41-1012

22.9% AI Exposure — High
$87,520
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
37,000
Proj. Annual Openings
214,390
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-2.5%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
77/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 41-1012 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
23.0%
High · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
53/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$87,520
H-1B offered wage $65,010; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
37,000
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change 0.0%.
Observed/proxy demand
4
FY2025 certified LCAs; 49,663 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Active ListeningSpeakingMonitoringManagement of Personnel ResourcesSocial Perceptiveness
  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

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AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure22.9%
AI Resiliency77/100
Exposure BandHigh
Sector Avg. Exposure27.4%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

57.2%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic23%
AI capability · OpenAI53.7%
AI ability · AIOE95%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne7.5%

AI could do ~53.7% of this role but only ~23% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Active Listening
2.Speaking
3.Monitoring
4.Management of Personnel Resources
5.Social Perceptiveness

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

34
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
4
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$65,010
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#390 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of sales workers other than retail sales workers. May perform duties such as budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.

Common titles: Customer Service Department Supervisor, Customer Service Supervisor, Driver Sales Supervisor, Information Center Supervisor, Inside Sales Supervisor, Reservations Supervisor

Representative Tasks

  • Monitor sales staff performance to ensure that goals are met.
  • Provide staff with assistance in performing difficult or complicated duties.
  • Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or performing specific services.
  • Listen to and resolve customer complaints regarding services, products, or personnel.
  • Keep records pertaining to purchases, sales, and requisitions.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Monitor sales activities.
  • Supervise sales or support personnel.
  • Exchange information with colleagues.
  • Provide information to coworkers.
  • Contact current or potential customers to promote products or services.

Tools & Technologies

Salesforce software · hotCisco Webex · hotSAP software · hotBudgeting softwareFinancial accounting softwareFuze cloud communications and collaboration softwareMicrosoft DynamicsNetSuite ERPOnline meeting softwareOracle Eloqua

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
25.5%
Avg AI Exposure
7
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 41-1012: 2019 — employment: 249,090, median wage: $74,760; 2020 — employment: 240,290, median wage: $78,560; 2021 — employment: 243,920, median wage: $79,680; 2022 — employment: 237,520, median wage: $82,850; 2023 — employment: 227,150, median wage: $84,570; 2025 — employment: 214,390, median wage: $87,520.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure22.9%27.4%
OutlookAverage35% Bright
Median Salary$87,520N/A
AI Resiliency77/100N/A