Telemarketers

Imminent Risk
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Vote Comments (7)
AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
97%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
91%
(Imminent Risk, Based on 398 votes)
Average: 94%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-21.5%
by year 2033
WAGES
$34,480
or $16.58 per hour
Volume
81,580
as of 2023
SUMMARY
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JOB SCORE
0.9/10
What's this?
Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

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

These are some key things to think about when job hunting.

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Calculated automation risk

97% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Persuasion

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Negotiation

User poll

91% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's very probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 97% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Telemarketers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

The following graph is shown where there are enough votes to produce meaningful data. It displays user poll results over time, providing a clear indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Telemarketers' job openings is expected to decline 21.5% by 2033

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.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Telemarketers' was $34,480, or $17 per hour

'Telemarketers' were paid 28.3% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 81,580 people employed as 'Telemarketers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.05% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Telemarketers'.

Job description

Solicit donations or orders for goods or services over the telephone.

SOC Code: 41-9041.00

Comments (7)

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Carla Stewart (Highly likely)
03 Sep 2024 15:50
Because companies are becoming less personable and don't actually care about potential customers nor do the value having paid employees for said potential customers to speak with and have any sense of personality. They have a bottom line and that's becoming all that matters. People are starting to only be measured by what they spend and human employees are ultimately disposable.
Jet (Highly likely)
06 Mar 2020 23:19
Google will probably be the first one, and they desperately need it. It is almost impossible to reach someone at Google support, think about how many people they would need to hire. Billions of people use their services literally everyday. https://cloud.google.com/solutions/contact-center
xavier (Highly likely)
20 Aug 2019 01:40
its already happened
sarah heckins
21 Jan 2020 09:55
omg I know
Reuben Black
21 Jan 2020 09:55
Telemarketing should be a thing done by people now because I wouldn't mind doing it when I'm older and looking for jobs because I'm good with computers so you know if u have any offers ring me in about ten years 0792656XXXX......
juuuh (Moderate)
09 Aug 2019 09:16
I feel like its already happening, receiving annoying robo calls isn't unusual these days. 20 years is a long time - telemarketing needs to evolve (no idea how) or it will be gone.
F.Chatman (Moderate)
22 Feb 2023 16:09
If employees continue thinking working from home is productive and the employer management staff is to afraid to demand the employees come back to work. This give upper management opportunity to do a test run on automation. This is a win for the Tech field and a loss for those peoples that think they are slick by using this to work two jobs.
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