Retail
Market trader
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +0.1% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Stall and market salespersons (ISCO 5211). Stall and market salespersons sell various goods from stalls on open-air or covered markets or from stalls in streets or other open spaces.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
15 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- barrow boy
- costermonger
- covered market vendor
- fish market vendor
- flower market vendor
- fruit market vendor
- indoor market vendor
- market seller
- market trader
- market vendor
- outdoor market vendor
- street market seller
- street market trader
- street market vendor
- vegetable market vendor
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.