Takeover Tracker
46%medium risk
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
vs

34 shared · 29 different

core competencies

48%medium risk
Counter and Rental Clerks

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricReservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksCounter and Rental Clerks
Risk Score46.5%48.3%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile94th96th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)12 / 1511 / 15
Median Salary$41,460$38,540
Employment127K399K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Performing General Physical Activities
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Customer and Personal Service
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Processing Information
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Assisting and Caring for Others
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Handling and Moving Objects
Selling or Influencing Others

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

32%

total discount

Counter and Rental Clerks

26%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

12 of 15 at risk
89%Announce arrival and departure information, using public address systems.
89%Prepare customer invoices and accept payment.
89%Determine whether space is available on travel dates requested by customers, assigning requested spaces when available.
89%Maintain computerized inventories of available passenger space and provide information on space reserved or available.
87%Examine passenger documentation to determine destinations and to assign boarding passes.

Counter and Rental Clerks

11 of 15 at risk
88%Compute charges for merchandise or services and receive payments.
88%Prepare rental forms, obtaining customer signature and other information, such as required licenses.
88%Keep records of transactions and of the number of customers entering an establishment.
88%Reserve items for requested times and keep records of items rented.
84%Rent items, arrange for provision of services to customers, and accept returns.

Wage Comparison

Counter and Rental Clerks earns -$2,920(-7%) vs Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksCounter and Rental Clerks
10th
$34,550$28,580
25th
$37,200$34,200
Median
$41,460$38,540
75th
$54,930$48,290
90th
$75,050$62,030

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks2028–2035
Counter and Rental Clerks2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Counter and Rental Clerks.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks

$22,189

from $41,460

Counter and Rental Clerks

$19,921

from $38,540

After adjusting for AI risk, Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks offers $2,268 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Reservation

0

Unique to Counter

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Fine Manipulation
Decision Complexity
Social Intelligence
Creativity
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel ClerksCounter and Rental Clerks
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