Also called: Door-to-Door Canvasser, Voter Contact Staffer
Knocks on doors to talk with voters about a candidate or ballot measure.
Canvassers walk neighborhoods with a tablet listing addresses, chatting with voters and recording responses. A good canvasser can have 30 conversations a day. Many high-school and college students do this as a paid summer job.
Usually hourly and seasonal.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No education required; training provided.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Campaign jobs follow the election cycle: busy in even years, quieter in between.
Low risk for 10 years. AI texts and calls voters, but real conversations at the door are what campaigns pay for; robots don't knock doors.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to campaigns or canvassing groups in election season; they train you in an afternoon
Classes: Speech and debate, Spanish, AP U.S. Government, PE or fitness.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-9091.
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