Can AI Replace Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 30% of today's door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers tasks by 2036, and there is a 17% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

18%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

11% 2030 · 17% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

1.2 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Bicycle Repairers7% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Write and record orders for merchandise or enter orders into computers".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Develop prospect lists".Get visibly better at your human core: "Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Bicycle Repairers.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Bicycle Repairers — 7% chance of contraction by 2036

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Based on 12 O*NET tasks for "Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers" (SOC 41-9091.00). LLM alone: 17% of tasks; with AI tools: 35%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10