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eyewear and optical equipment specialised seller

Eyewear and optical equipment specialised sellers sell glasses in specialised shops.

eyewear and optical equipment specialised seller eyewear and optical equipment specialised sellers sell glasses 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 sales argumentation, characteristics of products, characteristics of faces, e-commerce systems, product comprehension.

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 eyewear and optical equipment 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

sales argumentation characteristics of products characteristics of faces e-commerce systems product comprehension characteristics of services guarantee customer satisfaction carry out products preparation operate cash register sell optical products

Frequently asked questions

What does eyewear and optical equipment specialised seller do?

Eyewear and optical equipment specialised sellers sell glasses in specialised shops.

What skills does eyewear and optical equipment specialised seller need?

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

Will AI replace eyewear and optical equipment specialised seller?

Our AI-durability model gives eyewear and optical equipment 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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