AI Career Radar

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of retail sales workers in an establishment or department. Duties may include management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.

AI exposure35 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation24
Freedom to set tasks79
Repeating the same tasks65
$48,520Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-3.7%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
58Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
72
Speaking
63
69
Critical Thinking
63
63
Monitoring
63
63
Judgment and Decision Making
63
53
Coordination
62
63
Active Learning
62
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
50
Time Management
61
53
Reading Comprehension
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
63
Writing
60
50
Instructing
58
56
Learning Strategies
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
50
Service Orientation
56
69
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Persuasion
54
56
Mathematics
53
44
Negotiation
52
56
Science
52
0
Management of Personnel Resources
50
56
Operations Analysis
49
38
Installation
48
0
Management of Material Resources
47
41
Management of Financial Resources
47
38
Quality Control Analysis
47
28
Technology Design
47
22
Troubleshooting
47
9
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
22
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
19
Operation and Control
43
13

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

86/100 match
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10-yr growth
+21.5%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Social Perceptiveness, Writing

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$82,320
10-yr growth
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Skill gap
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Retraining
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83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$82,320
10-yr growth
+17.6%
Skill gap
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Retraining
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Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Operations Analysis, Active Learning

#4Physical Therapist AssistantsHealthcare Support
83/100 match
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10-yr growth
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Skill gap
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Retraining
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82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
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10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
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Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving

#6AcupuncturistsHealthcare
82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$76,040
10-yr growth
+8.6%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.