Driver or sales worker
Drives a truck or vehicle on a set route to sell or deliver goods like food or laundry, and may take orders and collect payment.
Will AI replace driver or sales worker jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Low. More AI overlap than 20 in 100 jobs. AI touches a small part of this work. Most of the job happens with your hands, your body or in person. 3% of this job’s working time is already spent on tasks people bring to AI at work (Anthropic Economic Index). Based on Microsoft research on real AI use at work, matched to the tasks of each job in O*NET.
What AI already helps with
- Listen to and solve customers' complaints about products or services
- Record sales or delivery information in a daily record
- Tell regular customers about new products, services, and price changes
What stays human
- Drive trucks to deliver items like food, medical supplies, or newspapers
- Maintain trucks and food machines and clean inside drink and food dispensers
- Arrange products and promotion displays or give out promotional materials
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +7.9%. Typical pay: $38,770 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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