Hawker
Also called peddler, stallholder, stall holder
Hawkers sell goods and services on established routes, street and market locations.
What you'd do
Street vendors (excluding food) · ILO- Buying or receiving items for sale, or making simple items
- Loading and unloading baskets, trays, push-carts, bicycles, hand-trucks or other vehicles, to transport goods to the streets or public places such as stations or cinemas
- Displaying goods or calling out to attract customer’s attention
- Approaching potential customers on streets, or by going from house to house, to offer goods for sale
- Receiving immediate payment
- A mix of sitting and standing
- Lots of contact with people, including the public
- Good freedom to decide
- Usually under 40 hours a week
- Deadlines now and then
- Varied tasks, little repetition
Will there be jobs?
Limited prospectsFewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
More people will leave this work than new people are needed.
What does it pay?
Below averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €800 a month (Bulgaria) to €3,400 (Netherlands), before tax.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.
Among elementary occupations in the EU, women earn 9% less per hour than men. Elementary occupations · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Basic schoolingMost people start with basic schooling and learn on the job.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.
Will AI change it?
Very littleAI could help with only small parts of the tasks.
Average task score 0.20 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 5 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for street vendors (excluding food). Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).