AI Career Radar

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers where technical or scientific knowledge is required in such areas as biology, engineering, chemistry, and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of postsecondary education.

AI exposure27 / 100Low 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 automation29
Freedom to set tasks93
Repeating the same tasks45
$104,920Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+1.2%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
61Skill 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
Speaking
63
81
Active Listening
63
78
Critical Thinking
63
60
Monitoring
63
53
Judgment and Decision Making
63
53
Coordination
62
66
Active Learning
62
63
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Reading Comprehension
61
69
Time Management
61
53
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
72
Writing
60
60
Instructing
58
47
Learning Strategies
58
44
Systems Analysis
57
47
Service Orientation
56
69
Systems Evaluation
56
28
Persuasion
54
81
Mathematics
53
47
Negotiation
52
75
Science
52
13
Management of Personnel Resources
50
41
Operations Analysis
49
28
Installation
48
0
Management of Financial Resources
47
41
Management of Material Resources
47
38
Technology Design
47
25
Quality Control Analysis
47
22
Equipment Selection
47
16
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Troubleshooting
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
22
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
25
Operation and Control
43
25

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.

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension

#2Marketing ManagersManagement
78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$166,790
10-yr growth
+6.9%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Evaluation, Operations Analysis, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
22%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Systems Evaluation, Operations Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring

77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$146,910
10-yr growth
+5.7%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Evaluation, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management

77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis

#6LawyersLegal
77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$159,670
10-yr growth
+4.7%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Systems Evaluation, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 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.