Survey interviewer

#17Declining

5/5

Key facts

−7.8%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −7.8% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".

The job

Survey and market research interviewers (ISCO 4227). Survey and market research interviewers interview people and record their responses to survey and market research questions on a range of topics.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

20 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

census clerk
census interviewer
census official
census taker
census takers
census worker
commercial census taker
enumerator
market research analyst
market research interviewer
market research interviewers
market research representative
marketing recruiter
mystery shopper
phone interviewer
public opinion researcher
research interviewer
street surveyor
survey enumerator
survey interviewer

What next?

Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.

Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.

Gauges

Risk 5/5 · Very high

AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (high)

Employment outlookSharp declineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Interviewers, except eligibility and loan; Survey researchers)

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $57,690

EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry

No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared

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.