Sales & Related

Telemarketers

SOC 41-9041

Sell products and services over the phone, through a lot of rejection.

The job

Median pay

$35k

$30k to $40k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Declining

-21% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

No formal credential

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

2/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

83rd pct

More exposed than 83% of occupations · modeled estimate · 99th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

22/100

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Key skills

Speaking
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Writing
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Florida	9,760	1.0	2.6×	$36k
California	3,880	0.2	0.6×	$46k
Texas	3,660	0.3	0.7×	$34k
Ohio	3,090	0.6	1.5×	$35k
Missouri	2,710	0.9	2.5×	$30k
Georgia	2,620	0.5	1.4×	$36k
Tennessee	2,210	0.7	1.8×	$29k
Nevada	2,200	1.4	3.8×	$34k
New York	1,960	0.2	0.5×	$41k
North Carolina	1,820	0.4	1.0×	$34k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Pennsylvania	1,710	0.3	0.8×	$28k
Arizona	1,550	0.5	1.3×	$38k
Virginia	1,547	0.4	1.0×	$37k~
Alabama	1,330	0.6	1.7×	$35k
Massachusetts	1,261	0.3	0.9×	$45k~
Wisconsin	1,160	0.4	1.1×	$33k
Michigan	1,120	0.3	0.7×	$33k
Iowa	1,100	0.7	1.9×	$34k
South Carolina	1,060	0.5	1.2×	$37k
Kentucky	910	0.5	1.2×	$34k
Colorado	880	0.3	0.8×	$48k
Illinois	870	0.1	0.4×	$31k
Arkansas	840	0.6	1.7×	$29k
Indiana	690	0.2	0.6×	$32k
Minnesota	650	0.2	0.6×	$40k
Maryland	540	0.2	0.5×	$36k
Kansas	539	0.4	1.0×	$48k~
New Hampshire	530	0.8	2.1×	$31k
Nebraska	490	0.5	1.3×	$31k
Oklahoma	470	0.3	0.7×	$27k
West Virginia	440	0.6	1.7×	$33k
Oregon	420	0.2	0.6×	$42k
New Jersey	410	0.1	0.3×	$39k
Utah	390	0.2	0.6×	$37k
Louisiana	380	0.2	0.5×	$29k
Mississippi	370	0.3	0.8×	$22k
New Mexico	304	0.3	0.9×	$32k~
Washington	300	0.1	0.2×	$40k
Idaho	280	0.3	0.9×	$39k
Maine	237	0.4	1.0×	$33k~
Hawaii	222	0.4	0.9×	$39k~
South Dakota	202	0.4	1.2×	$34k~
Montana	200	0.4	1.0×	$35k~
Delaware	191	0.4	1.1×	$35k~
Rhode Island	184	0.4	1.0×	$39k~
North Dakota	120	0.3	0.7×	$23k
Connecticut	110	0.1	0.2×	$45k
Vermont	108	0.4	0.9×	$37k~
Wyoming	104	0.4	1.0×	$34k~
Alaska	98	0.3	0.8×	$36k~
Washington DC	89	0.1	0.3×	$43k~

Top metro areas

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,730 jobs · $36k median
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL2,240 jobs · $33k median
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV1,830 jobs · $32k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,550 jobs · $42k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,220 jobs · $41k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,210 jobs · $40k median
St. Louis, MO-IL1,210 jobs · $31k median
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL1,170 jobs · $34k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.