Cashiers vs Real Estate Sales Agents
Cashiers carries the higher exposed share at 50.0% against 46.4%, a gap of 3.7 points. The difference is driven by friction: the work is similarly producible in both, and what differs is what stands in the way of letting a machine finish it. Release v2026.Q3.
| Occupation | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Capability | Friction | Median pay | Rank | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashiers | 50.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% | 0.71 | 0.33 | $32,880 | 109 | exposed |
| Real Estate Sales Agents | 46.4% | 26.6% | 27.0% | 0.73 | 0.39 | $52,830 | 148 | exposed |
What stands in the way, in each
Cashiers: the dominant friction is that it runs on knowledge of the organisation that a model cannot hold. Capability sits at 0.71 of 1 and friction at 0.33 of 1.
Real Estate Sales Agents: the dominant friction is that it runs on knowledge of the organisation that a model cannot hold. Capability sits at 0.73 of 1 and friction at 0.39 of 1.
Capability asks whether a generally available system can produce the work product at all. Friction asks what stops it finishing the job: physical work, being present, being accountable, unseen context, or the cost of checking the output. The rubric is here.
Read each in full
Exposure is not displacement. A higher score does not rank two jobs by how safe they are, and nothing here models adoption, employment or pay.