Changing shape

Sales and related workers, all other

All sales and related workers not listed separately.

AI Resistance Index 12 of 99

Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 12% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +1.1% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence.

AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.

Median pay (2025): $48,280
Job growth to 2035: +1.1%
Openings a year: 13,100
People doing it (2025): 115,000
Usual route in: High school diploma

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Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.