Category / 5 professions
Retail & Sales jobs and AI.
5 of the 83 professions in the index belong to retail & sales. Exposure ranges from Retail Salesperson at 41/100 (medium) to Retail Cashier at 90/100 (critical). Every profile details what changes, when, and which skills hold their value. Each profile also covers how to break into the role and, where the data supports it, lower-exposure paths to switch to.
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Retail Cashier
90/100
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Retail & Sales / 49Sales Manager
48/100
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Retail & Sales / 50Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representative
48/100
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Retail & Sales / 54Sales Representative
47/100
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Retail & Sales / 65Retail Salesperson
41/100
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What people ask.
01What is the Sales job risk index?
Five occupations make up the Sales category, with automation risk scores spanning from 41 for retail salespeople to 90 for retail cashiers. The median risk sits at 48, based on 2026 data.
02Which sales jobs have the highest and lowest automation risk?
At 90, retail cashiers show the strongest automation exposure among the five sales roles, while retail salespeople sit at 41. Sales manager, sales representative, and technical and scientific products sales representative make up the remaining titles.
03How long until automation affects sales occupations?
One of the five sales occupations runs on a 0-2 year timeline, while the remaining four follow a 5-10 year window. This 2026 assessment does not assign specific titles to those windows.
04Do retail cashiers and retail salespeople differ in risk?
Below the category median of 48 sits retail salesperson at 41, while retail cashier at 90 exceeds it. The remaining sales titles fall between those bounds in this five-occupation set.