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Tellers vs Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Tellers and Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 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.”

Tellers Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$39,340
$78,140
Employment · BLS OEWS
339,340
472,300
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
80th pct
76th pct

At a glance

Dimension Tellers Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Median pay $39,340 $78,140
Employment 339,340 472,300
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-12.9%) About average (+3.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 29,800 38,100
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 80th pct High · 76th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 96th pct · 58% of tasks 91st pct · 53% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (50.0%) —
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: Oral Comprehension, Customer and Personal Service, Oral Expression, Number Facility, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, English Language, Problem Sensitivity, Information Ordering, Active Listening, Near Vision, Mathematics, Speaking, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Deductive Reasoning, Mathematical Reasoning, Economics and Accounting, Writing, Mathematics, Time Management, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Administration and Management, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Fluency of Ideas.

Specific to Tellers

  • Selective Attention
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Coordination
  • Instructing
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Time Sharing

Specific to Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

  • Sales and Marketing
  • Persuasion
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Management of Financial Resources
  • Law and Government

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: Office suite software , Spreadsheet software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Operating system software , Word processing software , Document management software , Accounting software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Tellers

    Specific to Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

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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. "Tellers vs Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents." 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/tellers-vs-securities-commodities-and-financial-services-sales-agents

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    Singulariki. (2026). Tellers vs Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/tellers-vs-securities-commodities-and-financial-services-sales-agents

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