Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
SOC Code: 41-9091
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workerss explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 98.2/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Persuasion, Persuasion, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 98.2 — Very High
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Median Salary
$34,530
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Job Growth
-10.0%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Persuasion
- •Speaking
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Service Orientation
- •Active Listening
- •Negotiation
- •Coordination
Common 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.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation