Negotiate contracts with clients or service providers.

Negotiate contracts with clients or service providers. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 11 occupations and seen in 12 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Negotiate contracts or agreements. in Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 11 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 10 (91%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Negotiate prices, discount terms, or transportation arrangements with suppliers. · Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate contracts with farmers for the production or purchase of farm products. · Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate contracts with such service providers and suppliers as hotels, convention centers, and speakers. · Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate, renegotiate, and administer contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives. · Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate with responsible parties to arrange for recovery of losses due to fraud. · Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Subcontract with loggers or pulpwood cutters for tree removal and to aid in road layout. · Foresters · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Negotiate contracts with clients for desired training outcomes, fees, or expenses. · Training and Development Specialists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Contract with freight forwarders for destination services. · Customs Brokers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Participate in contract bidding, negotiation, or administration. · Transportation Engineers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate terms and conditions of reinsurance with other companies. · Actuaries · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Consult with community representatives to develop technical assistance agreements in accordance with governmental regulations. · Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers · importance 3.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Negotiate contractual agreements. · 23-1011.00

Occupations that perform this

• Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
• Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
• Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
• Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
• Foresters
• Training and Development Specialists
• Customs Brokers
• Transportation Engineers
• Actuaries
• 23-1011.00

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Negotiate contracts with clients or service providers.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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