Negotiate prices or other sales terms.

Negotiate prices or other sales terms. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 7 occupations and seen in 11 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, 11 (100%) 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 4 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% 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.

• Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration. · Real Estate Sales Agents · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other. · Real Estate Sales Agents · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Make bids or offers to buy or sell securities. · Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Agree on buying or selling prices at optimal levels for clients. · Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate with retail merchants to improve product exposure, such as shelf positioning and advertising. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers over property prices and settlement details and during the closing of sales. · Real Estate Brokers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate details of contracts and payments. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate with contractors on prices for new contracts or modifications to existing contracts. · Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate prices or contracts for securities or commodities sales or purchases. · Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents · exposure with tools
• Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements. · Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Real Estate Sales Agents
• Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
• Real Estate Brokers
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
• Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

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 prices or other sales terms.},
  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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/negotiate-prices-or-other-sales-terms}
}