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Sales

Telemarketer

#23Declining
5/5

Key facts

−21.4%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United States

This job is declining in the United States. The BLS attributes the decline of sales jobs to e-commerce and AI tools. Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".

The job

Calls households or businesses to sell a product or service, often from a script.

25 job titles linked to this page

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

  • call center representative
  • call centre agent
  • call centre operative
  • call centre operator
  • call centre rep
  • call centre representative
  • call centre service agent
  • call centre taker
  • inbound call center agent
  • inbound call centre agent
  • inbound sales agent
  • inbound telemarketer
  • outbound call center agent
  • outbound call centre agent
  • outbound sales agent
  • outbound telemarketer
  • telemarketer
  • telemarketing agent
  • telemarketing operator
  • telephone operator
  • telephone sales agent
  • telephone sales generator
  • telephone sales representative
  • telephone service attendant
  • telephone solicitor

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 highILO, 2025 index
Employment outlookSharp declineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Telemarketers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayLowBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $35,450
EntryVery quickBLS, typical education needed for entry

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

Sources

The BLS projects 60,900 jobs in 2025 and 47,800 in 2035. The WEF also lists this job among those shrinking fastest.

Checked on 27 October 2026.