As of June 2026, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has an AI-exposure score of 56/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
More exposed than 52% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$48,520. About 125,100 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Sales roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Plan and prepare work schedules and keep records of employees' work schedules and time cards.
- Review inventory and sales records to prepare reports for management and budget departments.
- Keep records of purchases, sales, and requisitions.
- Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level.
- Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.
- Estimate consumer demand and determine the types and amounts of goods to be sold.
- Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.
- Enforce safety, health, and security rules.
- Establish credit policies and operating procedures.
- Formulate pricing policies for merchandise, according to profitability requirements.
- Establish and implement policies, goals, objectives, and procedures for the department.
- Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
- Hire, train, and evaluate personnel in sales or marketing establishments, promoting or firing workers when appropriate.
- Assign employees to specific duties.
- Plan and coordinate advertising campaigns and sales promotions and prepare merchandise displays and advertising copy.
- Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess the condition of each product or item.
- Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced and displayed and that it functions as advertised.
- Perform work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing shelves and displays and selling merchandise.
- Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales.
- Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (85%).
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First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)
Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$48,520. More states are being added.