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Rental manager

Also called rental team leader, rental office manager, senior rental manager

Rental managers supervise the activities of a rental office or station and its staff.

Will there be jobs?Average prospects31 jobs to fill by 2035 for every 100 people doing this work today.Sales workersWhat does it pay?Below averageFrom about €800 (Bulgaria) to €4,500 (Ireland) a month, depending on the country.Estimate · Sales workersWhat do I need to study?Upper secondary or vocational6 in 10 finished upper secondary or vocational training. 3 in 10 train through vocational routes.Sales workersWill AI change it?No exact scoreThe ILO does not score this exact group; the figure is the average of related groups.

What you'd do

Have computer literacyAnalyse marketplace competition in rental industryPerform acquisition of vehiclesUse rental management softwareManage vehicle inventory+ 15 more essential skills
What the work is like
  • Indoors
  • A mix of sitting and standing
  • Lots of contact with people, including the public
  • Good freedom to decide
  • Often more than 40 hours a week
  • Deadlines most weeks
  • Some repetitive tasks
US data: based on the O*NET profile of the US job "Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers"

Will there be jobs?

Average prospects

A typical number of jobs will need filling by 2035.

People working as sales workers in the EU
15.79m15.71m16.15m 201520232035

Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.

Jobs to fill, 2026–2035
173,000 new jobs 4,772,000 replacing leavers
Jobs to fill per 100 people working now
Sales workers31
All jobs29
Right now
3 of 27 countries report a shortage of sales workers not elsewhere classified, 5 a surplus.
Sales workers not elsewhere classified · EURES

What does it pay?

Below average

Pay depends a lot on the country: from about €800 a month (Bulgaria) to €4,500 (Ireland), 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 service and sales workers in the EU, women earn 3% less per hour than men. Service and sales workers · Eurostat

What do I need to study?

Upper secondary or vocational

Upper secondary or vocational training in finance, banking and insurance is the usual route.

Highest qualification of sales workers (EU, 2025)
Degree 16%Vocational 42%General secondary 19%Basic schooling 22%
Field that teaches it
Finance, banking and insurance
Vocational route, EU
3 in 10 trainees in this field

Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.

Will AI change it?

The ILO does not score this exact group; the figure is the average of related groups.

How exposed is this job? ILO scale

Average task score 0.37 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully). Average of related groups (other sales workers).

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 other sales workers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).