hawker
Hawkers sell goods and services on established routes, street and market locations.
hawker hawkers sell goods and services on established routes, street and market locations. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include sales argumentation, consumer protection, product comprehension, guarantee customer satisfaction, unload supplies.
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Elementary occupations” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only hawker, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 9. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Sales and Marketing
- Food Production
- Public Safety and Security
- Psychology
- Administrative
- Communications and Media
What you'd actually do
- Provide product samples, coupons, informational brochures, or other incentives to persuade people to buy products.
- Sell products being promoted and keep records of sales.
- Keep areas neat while working and return items to correct locations following demonstrations.
- Demonstrate or explain products, methods, or services to persuade customers to purchase products or use services.
- Record and report demonstration-related information, such as the number of questions asked by the audience or the number of coupons distributed.
- Suggest specific product purchases to meet customers' needs.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does hawker do?
Hawkers sell goods and services on established routes, street and market locations.
What skills does hawker need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include sales argumentation, consumer protection, product comprehension, guarantee customer satisfaction, unload supplies, upsell products. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace hawker?
Our AI-durability model gives hawker a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.