AI Career Radar

Telemarketers

Solicit donations or orders for goods or services over the telephone.

AI exposure56 / 100High 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 automation52
Freedom to set tasks61
Repeating the same tasks79
$35,450Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-21.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
37Skill durability (fragile)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
78
Active Listening
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
50
Judgment and Decision Making
63
35
Monitoring
63
31
Coordination
62
38
Complex Problem Solving
62
35
Active Learning
62
25
Reading Comprehension
61
56
Time Management
61
35
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
56
Writing
60
38
Instructing
58
31
Learning Strategies
58
13
Systems Analysis
57
19
Service Orientation
56
63
Systems Evaluation
56
16
Persuasion
54
78
Mathematics
53
9
Negotiation
52
50
Science
52
0
Management of Personnel Resources
50
16
Operations Analysis
49
9
Installation
48
0
Technology Design
47
6
Management of Financial Resources
47
6
Management of Material Resources
47
6
Quality Control Analysis
47
3
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Troubleshooting
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
6
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
6
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.

#1Massage TherapistsHealthcare Support
79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$58,450
10-yr growth
+15.3%
Skill gap
20%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Judgment and Decision Making

#2ModelsSales & Service
77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$48,470
10-yr growth
-2.1%
Skill gap
2%
Retraining
Low
73/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
50%
Retraining
High

Skills to build: Installation, Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring

71/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$72,300
10-yr growth
+21.5%
Skill gap
40%
Retraining
High

Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Systems Analysis, Monitoring

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Telemarketers 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.