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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses or groups of individuals. Work requires substantial knowledge of items sold.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Answer customers' questions about products, prices, availability, product uses, and credit terms.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Recommend products to customers, based on customers' needs and interests.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Estimate or quote prices, credit or contract terms, warranties, and delivery dates.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and to provide ongoing support.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Prepare sales contracts and order forms.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Provide customers with product samples and catalogs.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Monitor market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Perform administrative duties, such as preparing sales budgets and reports, keeping sales records, and filing expense account reports.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Contact regular and prospective customers to demonstrate products, explain product features, and solicit orders.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Identify prospective customers by using business directories, following leads from existing clients, participating in organizations and clubs, and attending trade shows and conferences.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss63%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
62%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 89% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 43% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps sales use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.