Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Sales and Related · SOC 41-9091
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 41-9091 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 17.6%
- High · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 35/100
- Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $41,380
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 7,800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -10.0%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 0
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 3,032 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- 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
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →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.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.
Common titles: Direct Sales Coach, Door-to-Door Sales Trainer, Independent Beauty Consultant, Independent Distributor, Independent Sales Associate, Independent Sales Representative
Representative Tasks
- •Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products.
- •Develop prospect lists.
- •Deliver merchandise and collect payment.
- •Write and record orders for merchandise or enter orders into computers.
- •Arrange buying parties and solicit sponsorship of such parties to sell merchandise.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Demonstrate products to consumers.
- •Explain technical product or service information to customers.
- •Identify potential customers.
- •Arrange delivery of goods or services.
- •Process sales or other transactions.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 17.6% | 27.4% |
| Outlook | Average | 35% Bright |
| Median Salary | $41,380 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 82/100 | N/A |