Will AI replace Parts Salespersons?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
34/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 51% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 40% of the work
What the job involves
Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(7)
- Receive payment or obtain credit authorization.
- Assist customers, such as responding to customer complaints and updating them about back-ordered parts.
- Receive and fill telephone orders for parts.
- Prepare sales slips or sales contracts.
- Advise customers on substitution or modification of parts when identical replacements are not available.
and 2 more
Out of reach(12)
- Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.
- Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock.
- Read catalogs, microfiche viewers, or computer displays to determine replacement part stock numbers and prices.
- Examine returned parts for defects, and exchange defective parts or refund money.
- Determine replacement parts required, according to inspections of old parts, customer requests, or customers' descriptions of malfunctions.
and 7 more
Also called
Parts Clerk · Parts Advisor · Parts Counterperson · Parts Salesman · Parts Salesperson · Parts Specialist · Appliance Parts Counter Clerk · Automotive Parts Counterperson (Auto Parts Counterperson)
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics