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First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers vs First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers and First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$78,300
$84,130
Employment · BLS OEWS
600,680
219,010
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
42nd pct
59th pct

At a glance

Dimension First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Median pay $78,300 $84,130
Employment 600,680 219,010
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.1%) About average (0.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 52,400 24,800
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 42nd pct Moderate · 59th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 30th pct · 19% of tasks 88th pct · 49% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (35.0%) Augmentation-leaning (52.5%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Monitoring, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Administration and Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Near Vision, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Problem Sensitivity, Information Ordering, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Customer and Personal Service, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Active Learning, Systems Analysis, Personnel and Human Resources, English Language, Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Evaluation, Written Expression, Category Flexibility.

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

  • Mechanical
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Administrative
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Selective Attention
  • Far Vision
  • Troubleshooting

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

  • Persuasion
  • Writing
  • Negotiation
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Instructing
  • Service Orientation

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Data base user interface and query software , Presentation software , Project management software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Accounting software , Internet browser software , Calendar and scheduling software .

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers or First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers vs First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/first-line-supervisors-of-mechanics-installers-and-repairers-vs-first-line-supervisors-of-non-retail-sales-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers vs First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/first-line-supervisors-of-mechanics-installers-and-repairers-vs-first-line-supervisors-of-non-retail-sales-workers

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  title  = {First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers vs First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers},
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