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cosmetics and perfume specialised seller

Cosmetics and perfume specialised sellers sell cosmetics and toilet articles in specialised shops.

cosmetics and perfume specialised seller cosmetics and perfume specialised sellers sell cosmetics and toilet articles in specialised shops. 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 cosmetics ingredients, sales argumentation, characteristics of products, allergic cosmetics reactions, e-commerce systems.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £25,056 a year for Sales and retail assistants (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £21,970 to £29,846 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 7111). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Service and sales workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only cosmetics and perfume specialised seller, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹16,914 a month
Rural India
₹13,632 a month
All India
₹15,541 a month

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 5. 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

cosmetics ingredients sales argumentation characteristics of products allergic cosmetics reactions e-commerce systems product comprehension characteristics of services guarantee customer satisfaction carry out products preparation operate cash register

Knowledge you'll build

  • Sales and Marketing
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • English Language
  • Administration and Management
  • Mathematics
  • Administrative
  • Psychology
  • Computers and Electronics

What you'd actually do

  • Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
  • Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
  • Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.
  • Prepare merchandise for purchase or rental.
  • Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
  • Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.

Tools & technology you'd use

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Frequently asked questions

What does cosmetics and perfume specialised seller do?

Cosmetics and perfume specialised sellers sell cosmetics and toilet articles in specialised shops.

What skills does cosmetics and perfume specialised seller need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include cosmetics ingredients, sales argumentation, characteristics of products, allergic cosmetics reactions, e-commerce systems, product comprehension. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace cosmetics and perfume specialised seller?

Our AI-durability model gives cosmetics and perfume specialised seller 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.

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