Process sales or other transactions.

Process sales or other transactions. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 12 occupations and seen in 19 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Execute financial transactions. in Performing Administrative Activities .

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 19 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 11 (58%) 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 0.012% 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.

• Exchange money, credit, tickets, or casino chips and make change for customers. · Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits. · Cashiers · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Receive payment or obtain credit authorization. · Parts Salespersons · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Compute charges for merchandise or services and receive payments. · Counter and Rental Clerks · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer. · Travel Agents · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock. · Parts Salespersons · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment. · Retail Salespersons · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Receive and fill telephone orders for parts. · Parts Salespersons · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Issue trading stamps, and redeem food stamps and coupons. · Cashiers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers. · Pharmacy Technicians · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Complete sales order tickets and submit for processing of client-requested transactions. · Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents · importance 4.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Draw up contracts for advertising work, and collect payments due. · Advertising Sales Agents · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Deliver merchandise and collect payment. · Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Examine returned parts for defects, and exchange defective parts or refund money. · Parts Salespersons · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Prepare and submit sales contracts for orders. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Rent items, arrange for provision of services to customers, and accept returns. · Counter and Rental Clerks · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Exchange merchandise for customers and accept returns. · Retail Salespersons · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Process merchandise returns and exchanges. · Cashiers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Calculate premiums and establish payment method. · Insurance Sales Agents · importance 3.9 · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
• Cashiers
• Parts Salespersons
• Counter and Rental Clerks
• Travel Agents
• Retail Salespersons
• Pharmacy Technicians
• Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
• Advertising Sales Agents
• Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
• Insurance Sales Agents

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  = {Process sales or other transactions.},
  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/process-sales-or-other-transactions}
}