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60%

60% -- share of day spent on non selling work for Sales reps (2026)

2026  · Salesforce

Sales reps lose 60% of their day to non-selling work according to Salesforce research.

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60%
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2026
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Sales reps
Geography
North America
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Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Blog — Real-Time B2B Data Playbooks | Datamagnet — Page 5
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Sales reps: 60% share of day spent on non selling work. Source: Salesforce (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sales-reps-non-selling-time-60
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