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Parts Salespersons vs Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Parts Salespersons and Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 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.”

Parts Salespersons Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$37,440
$34,850
Employment · BLS OEWS
265,060
98,270
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
78th pct
9th pct

At a glance

Dimension Parts Salespersons Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Median pay $37,440 $34,850
Employment 265,060 98,270
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.1%) Declining (-1.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 30,200 14,400
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 78th pct Low · 9th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 74th pct · 38% of tasks 44th pct · 24% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (29.0%) Augmentation-leaning (22.3%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

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: Customer and Personal Service, Sales and Marketing, Active Listening, Speaking, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Administration and Management, Near Vision, Administrative, Computers and Electronics, Speech Recognition, Service Orientation, Speech Clarity, Information Ordering, Critical Thinking, Problem Sensitivity, Mathematics, Mechanical, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Deductive Reasoning, Finger Dexterity, Education and Training.

Specific to Parts Salespersons

  • Persuasion
  • Written Comprehension
  • Reading Comprehension
  • English Language
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Written Expression
  • Production and Processing

Specific to Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants

  • Manual Dexterity
  • Control Precision
  • Trunk Strength
  • Operation and Control
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Static Strength
  • Stamina

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 , Electronic mail software , Inventory management software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Parts Salespersons

Specific to Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Parts Salespersons or Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants — 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. "Parts Salespersons vs Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants." 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/parts-salespersons-vs-automotive-and-watercraft-service-attendants

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Singulariki. (2026). Parts Salespersons vs Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/parts-salespersons-vs-automotive-and-watercraft-service-attendants

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