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Telemarketers vs New Accounts Clerks

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Telemarketers and New Accounts 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.”

Telemarketers New Accounts Clerks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$34,410
$46,610
Employment · BLS OEWS
66,430
38,030
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
99th pct
89th pct

At a glance

Dimension Telemarketers New Accounts Clerks
Median pay $34,410 $46,610
Employment 66,430 38,030
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-22.1%) Declining (-13.2%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 6,500 2,300
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 99th pct High · 89th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 98th pct · 61% of tasks 99th pct · 64% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (57.4%) Augmentation-leaning (42.2%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes 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: Sales and Marketing, Speaking, Persuasion, Customer and Personal Service, Active Listening, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, English Language, Speech Clarity, Speech Recognition, Service Orientation, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Administration and Management, Computers and Electronics, Written Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Administrative, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Law and Government, Writing, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Mathematics, Economics and Accounting, Monitoring.

Specific to Telemarketers

  • Selective Attention
  • Communications and Media
  • Negotiation
  • Telecommunications
  • Instructing
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Originality

Specific to New Accounts Clerks

  • Public Safety and Security
  • Education and Training
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Category Flexibility
  • Number Facility
  • Active Learning

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 , Presentation software , Word processing software , Customer relationship management CRM software .

Specific to Telemarketers

Specific to New Accounts Clerks

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Telemarketers or New Accounts 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. "Telemarketers vs New Accounts 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/telemarketers-vs-new-accounts-clerks

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Singulariki. (2026). Telemarketers vs New Accounts Clerks. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/telemarketers-vs-new-accounts-clerks

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Telemarketers vs New Accounts Clerks},
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