Door to door salespersons
An AI agent can at least partly carry out 32.4% of the task time of door to door salespersons, and finish 0.0% alone. Most of the rest requires physical presence.
239th of 433 · interval 7.1–59.2
201st of 433 · interval 0.0–0.0
217th of 433 · interval 20.8–48.1
task statements rated by two models and weighted by importance and frequency. World employment: 6.7 million.
How the tasks rate
What stops the agent
Share of task weight flagged by each barrier; a task can carry several.
| Task statement (O*NET occupation) | Sonnet · Haiku | Barriers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 11.5% | L1 | L1L1 | 22% | 10 min | Physical presence, Trust and care |
| Answer questions about product features and benefits.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 10.6% | L1 | L1L3 | 58% | 8 min | Physical presence, Trust and care |
| Deliver merchandise and collect payment.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 9.4% | L0 | L0L1 | 10% | 22 min | Physical presence, Trust and care, Access to systems |
| Develop prospect lists.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 9.4% | L2 | L2L2 | 70% | 2.5 h | Access to systems |
| Write and record orders for merchandise or enter orders into computers.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 9.1% | L2 | L2L3 | 68% | 5 min | Trust and care, Access to systems |
| Distribute product samples or literature that details products or services.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 8.9% | L0 | L1L0 | 8% | 1.8 h | Physical presence, Accountability, Trust and care |
| Persuade customers to purchase merchandise or services.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 8.5% | L1 | L1L2 | 25% | 15 min | Physical presence, Trust and care, Access to systems |
| Circulate among potential customers or travel by foot, truck, automobile, or bicycle to deliver or sell merchandise or services.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 8.2% | L0 | L0L1 | 9% | 2.8 h | Physical presence, Accountability, Trust and care |
| Arrange buying parties and solicit sponsorship of such parties to sell merchandise.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 7.9% | L2 | L2L2 | 50% | 2.8 h | Trust and care, Access to systems |
| Set up and display sample merchandise at parties or stands.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 6.2% | L0 | L0L1 | 12% | 45 min | Physical presence |
| Order or purchase supplies.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | 6.0% | L2 | L2L3 | 68% | 38 min | Physical presence, Access to systems |
| Stock carts or stands.Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers · supplemental task | 4.4% | L0 | L0L0 | 5% | 25 min | Physical presence |
Level: consensus of the two models (the lower level when they disagree). Share: part of the task’s working time an agent could take over. Human time: minutes a competent person needs for one instance, as estimated by the models.
Exposure is not delegation
| Measure | Value | Percentile | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADI (this index) | 32.4% | 45 | |
| Eloundou et al. (2024), GPT exposure β | 0.274 | 45 | |
| Felten et al. (2021), AI occupational exposure | 1.107 | 83 | |
| Webb (2020), AI patent exposure | 13 | 7 | |
| Eisfeldt et al. (2026), generative AI exposure | 0.167 | 50 | |
| Anthropic Economic Index, observed use | 0.176 | 81 |
Earlier indices measure whether AI can touch a task; ADI measures how much of it an agent can carry out from a goal. – : the source does not cover this occupation.
Neighbouring occupations
| Occupation | ADI | % |
|---|---|---|
| Contact centre salespersons 5244 | 100.0 | |
| Shop keepers 5221 | 92.3 | |
| Sales workers not elsewhere classified 5249 | 82.2 | |
| Shop sales assistants 5223 | 55.4 | |
| Shop supervisors 5222 | 54.9 | |
| Sales demonstrators 5242 | 35.8 | |
| Fashion and other models 5241 | 35.4 | |
| Stall and market salespersons 5211 | 32.4 | |
| Cashiers and ticket clerks 5230 | 25.9 | |
| Service station attendants 5245 | 21.9 | |
| Food service counter attendants 5246 | 11.6 | |
| Street food salespersons 5212 | 10.8 |
Dashed line: door to door salespersons (32.4%).
Espinal Maya, Cristian, and Santiago Jiménez Londoño. 2026. ADI v2026.1: Agent Delegability Index data, code and MCP server. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23552918. Record: Door to door salespersons (ISCO-08 5243), https://balamlabs.org/adi/occupations/5243
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author = {Espinal Maya, Cristian and Jim{\'e}nez Londo{\~n}o, Santiago},
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