Career Explorer Community and social care
Grows with AI
Community and social service specialists, all other
All community and social service specialists not listed separately.
More resilient than most: more resilient than 70% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.5% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $56,730
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.5%
- Openings a year
- 11,600
- People doing it (2025)
- 119,000
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselorsGrows with AI, Index 83, +18.4%
- Mental health and substance abuse social workersGrows with AI, Index 90, +10.3%
- Medical and health services managersGrows with AI, Index 76, +24.2%
- Marriage and family therapistsGrows with AI, Index 90, +13.5%
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.