Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers

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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

36% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): This occupation has a lower risk of full replacement by AI, software, or robotic systems. Some tasks may be automated or assisted, but the role usually still relies on human judgement, communication, responsibility, physical adaptability, or practical decision-making.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Working directly with the public

Very important
Why this matters
The job involves face-to-face interaction with customers, clients, or guests—answering questions, handling requests, and managing service situations in real time. Roles with frequent public interaction are harder to replace end-to-end because they rely on trust, communication, and adapting to unpredictable human needs.
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Persuasion

Very important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Coaching and developing others

Quite important
Why this matters
Helps people learn and improve through coaching, mentoring, and feedback. This relies on trust, motivation, and adapting guidance to each person—work that’s hard to replace end-to-end with automation.
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What users think

Based on 53 votes

59% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, employees may be able to find reassurance in the automated risk level we have generated, which shows 36% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers was $34,530 ($17 per hour).

The median annual wage for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers was 30.2% lower than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' job openings is expected to decline 10.0% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Significantly lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 4,590 people employed as 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 33 thousand people are employed as 'Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers'.

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What people are saying (6)

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Don (No chance)
05 Dec 2025 20:37
I can’t imagine robots showing up to my door to sell me something. This job is uniquely human, you need to be able to understand human psychology and connect with people to get sales.
Carter (Low)
10 Jul 2024 15:53
Door to door sales Indoctrinates a need for perception and reciprocal salesmanship that is hard to replicate with AI.
Javed Khan
30 Aug 2020 03:12
it's not necessary that selling has to be done door to door there can be, are either ways(online,telli call etc) at the end sale is the goal
re
16 Jun 2020 09:45
Man, that's disappointing.
donzo washington
22 Jan 2020 11:08
Door to door salesmen are never going to be replaced. The only reason they ever sell is because people feel compelled to reply to a human being who keeps knocking on their door. If instead of a human it will be a machine people would ignore it.
franklin (Uncertain)
11 Nov 2019 01:18
idk man even if robots do it there will probably be plenty of humans still doing it
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Job description

Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.

O*NET-SOC code: 41-9091.00