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Telemarketers
Also filed here: Telemarketer, Telecaller, Telesales, Tele caller
Being rewritten
AI already performs most of the work in this job. The BLS expects 21.4% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #22 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -21.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $35,450 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 60,900 in the US, with about 5,800 openings a year
The work, 9 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Maintain operational records29%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Promote products, services, or programs24%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Explain technical details of products or services11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 43 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Respond to customer problems or inquiries11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 6 Copilot conversations and completed it 84% of the time.
AI does this: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 9 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI does this: Develop marketing or promotional materials6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 690 Copilot conversations and completed it 85% of the time.
AI helps with this: Identify business or organizational opportunities5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,883 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Schedule appointments3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Monitor external affairs, trends, or events2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 394 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 79 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 5,800 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 41% of the workDemonstrators and Product Promoters28% AI does, against 63% here+0.2% by 2035 · $39,320 · No formal credential
- Shares 34% of the workSales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products50% AI does, against 63% here+1.2% by 2035 · $104,920 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 25% of the workAgents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes44% AI does, against 63% here+9.7% by 2035 · $82,890 · Bachelor’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.40, higher than 99% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 41-9041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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