Business services agents not elsewhere classified: how to get into this work

Also called: Advertising salesperson, Auctioneer, Literary agent, Musical performance agent, Sports agent, Theatrical agent, Tour operator

This unit group covers business services agents not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 333: Business Services Agents. For instance, the group includes those who establish business contacts, sell business services such as advertising space in the media, arrange contracts for performances of athletes, entertainers and artists, for the publication of books, the production of plays, or the recording, performance and sale of music, sell property and goods by auction and who design and organize package and group tours.

Main tasks

• Obtaining information about services to be sold and needs of prospective buyers
• Negotiating contracts on behalf of seller or buyer and explaining terms of sale and payment to client
• Signing agreements on behalf of seller or buyer and ensuring that the contract is honoured
• Making sure that the business service purchased is made available to the buyer in the agreed format at the agreed time
• Selling by auction various kinds of property, cars, commodities, livestock, art, jewellery and other objects
• Organizing group tours for business or vacation travel and making bulk travel and accommodation bookings

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$27,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Real estate agents and property managers
• Employment agents and contractors
• Conference and event planners
• Clearing and forwarding agents

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Questions people ask

Business services agents not elsewhere classified: do you need a degree for this work?

Not always. 50% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Business services agents not elsewhere classified: will AI change this work?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026