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Parts Salespersons vs Counter and Rental Clerks

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Parts Salespersons and Counter and Rental Clerks 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 Counter and Rental Clerks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$37,440
$38,540
Employment · BLS OEWS
265,060
398,620
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
78th pct
96th pct

At a glance

Dimension Parts Salespersons Counter and Rental Clerks
Median pay $37,440 $38,540
Employment 265,060 398,620
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.1%) About average (+3.2%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 30,200 45,900
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 High · 96th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 74th pct · 38% of tasks —
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (29.0%) Augmentation-leaning (55.5%)
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, Persuasion, Written Comprehension, Speech Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Service Orientation, Speech Clarity, English Language, Information Ordering, Social Perceptiveness, Written Expression, Critical Thinking, Problem Sensitivity, Inductive Reasoning, Mathematics, Monitoring, Category Flexibility, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Deductive Reasoning, Flexibility of Closure, Perceptual Speed, Selective Attention, Active Learning.

Specific to Parts Salespersons

  • Economics and Accounting
  • Production and Processing
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Mechanical
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Education and Training

Specific to Counter and Rental Clerks

  • Coordination
  • Negotiation
  • Number Facility
  • Far Vision
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Transportation

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 , Word processing software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Inventory management software .

Specific to Parts Salespersons

Specific to Counter and Rental Clerks

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Parts Salespersons or Counter and Rental Clerks — 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 Counter and Rental Clerks." 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-counter-and-rental-clerks

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Singulariki. (2026). Parts Salespersons vs Counter and Rental Clerks. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/parts-salespersons-vs-counter-and-rental-clerks

BibTeX 
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