AI Career Radar

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

Buy and sell securities or commodities in investment and trading firms, or provide financial services to businesses and individuals. May advise customers about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, commodities, and market conditions.

AI exposure36 / 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 automation40
Freedom to set tasks86
Repeating the same tasks54
$78,660Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+1.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
57Skill 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
69
Critical Thinking
63
69
Monitoring
63
66
Judgment and Decision Making
63
66
Speaking
63
63
Active Learning
62
63
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Coordination
62
47
Reading Comprehension
61
63
Time Management
61
53
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
60
Social Perceptiveness
60
60
Instructing
58
47
Learning Strategies
58
41
Systems Analysis
57
56
Service Orientation
56
56
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Persuasion
54
63
Mathematics
53
53
Negotiation
52
50
Science
52
6
Management of Personnel Resources
50
44
Operations Analysis
49
25
Installation
48
3
Management of Financial Resources
47
53
Management of Material Resources
47
25
Technology Design
47
16
Quality Control Analysis
47
9
Equipment Selection
47
3
Equipment Maintenance
47
3
Troubleshooting
47
3
Operations Monitoring
46
16
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
3

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.

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
19%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening

#3Financial ManagersManagement
80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$166,570
10-yr growth
+9.7%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Coordination, Time Management, Reading Comprehension

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
25%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Management of Personnel Resources, Coordination

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$116,580
10-yr growth
+5.1%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Learning Strategies

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$125,470
10-yr growth
+5.4%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Coordination, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 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.