Counsellor (family)
AI displacement risk
7%
Range 3.17–10.16%
Counsellor (family) has 57% AI task overlap but 85% human bottleneck protection — lower risk than 71% of occupations in the live market. AI is more likely to enhance this role than replace it.
Professionals·SGD 4,350/mo (3,700–5,300)·~1.5K workers in SG·Updated 2026-06-11
Structural pressure, not a prediction of job loss. Displacement tends to arrive through slower hiring, wage compression and role redesign before layoffs.
Why This Score
57% of tasks overlap with current AI
85% human advantage from judgment & presence
40% demand buffer from the local labour market
AI usage 14pp below theoretical exposure
These factors interact with each other — the final score is not a simple sum of these bars.
How much AI overlaps with this job's tasks, offset by human advantages and local demand. Score stability: watch. How this works
Tasks AI can handle
With 57% AI task overlap (based on Felten AIOE, Anthropic Economic Index, and Eloundou GPT exposure), the Counsellor (family) tasks most exposed include: first-draft writing, summarizing documents, headline variations, background research, and social media copy generation.
- • Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
- • Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
- • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.
O*NET tasks for this occupation with the most observed AI usage (Anthropic task data).
What AI can't do here
At 85% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Counsellor (family) include: source development, investigative interviewing, editorial judgment, fact-checking in ambiguous situations, and ethical/legal calls on publication.
Main insulation channels: Deep preparation + Non-routine work — the work-context dimensions behind this occupation's human bottleneck.
Skills to focus on
Noy & Zhang (2023) found writing professionals using AI completed tasks 37% faster with no quality loss — but the gap between experienced and novice writers narrowed significantly.
Sources: Felten AIOE (2021), Anthropic Economic Index (2026), Eloundou GPT Exposure (Science, 2024), Pizzinelli et al. bottleneck model. Full methodology.
Singapore Now
Current labour market conditions and how they affect this role.
Cooling, but not collapsing. Vacancies and re-entry are softer, yet retrenchment remains low and hiring still exceeds resignations.
Vacancy
3.1%
↓ 3.1% YoY
Hiring
1.5%
vs 0.9% resign
Retrenchment
1.5
per 1,000 · low
Re-entry
67.7%
find work in 12mo· -5.3pp
Professionals, Managers, Executives & Technicians · 2025 Q4
Top Industries
Industry vacancy overlays use the latest published detailed cross-tab, which can lag the main labour monitor.
What You Can Do
Counsellor (family) has some offset potential, but it depends on task redesign holding up in practice and on workers clearing the main switching frictions.
Published transition support
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Higher risk than 29% of occupations · V7 structural score
Raw scores
AIOE 1.158 · θ 0.732 · C-AIOE 0.872
Stability
watch · Optimistic 4% · Pessimistic 10%
Score range (best/worst case)
Exposure 40–75% · Net risk 3.17–10.16%
Scoring basis
V7 structural score. Uses task-concentration-weighted exposure, human bottleneck, and demand resilience. V6 baseline fields are retained for release-to-release comparison.-0.4pp versus retained V6 baseline.
Wage range (SGD/mo)
25th 3,700 · Median 4,350 · 75th 5,300
Evidence & sources
Data matching
direct · SSOC 26373
Real-world AI usage: -14% vs estimated
Data quality
67% · Matching 0.63 · Market data 0.70 · Freshness 0.80
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
AI overlap by data source
Weights: aioe 32% · anthropic 35% · eloundou 33%
Conflicting data signals
Tools & offset factors
What helps
- A meaningful share of the work can likely be reorganized around AI rather than removed outright.
What could slow it down
- Current demand support is thin, so offsets may take longer to show up.
Worker profile & local context
- Vacancy rate is 3.1% and was essentially flat versus last quarter.
- Hiring read: recruitment is running above resignation (1.5% vs 0.9%).
- Retrenchment was low at 1.5 per 1,000 employees.
- 67.7% of retrenched workers re-entered employment within 12 months.
- Employer pressure is low, based on 2 recent Singapore-relevant company signals.
Worker profile
Gender mix
38% male / 62% femalePublished Singapore worker composition for the detailed occupation family 26 Legal, Social, Religious & Cultural Professionals.
Employment structure
Employee-heavy96% employees, 4% employers or self-employed workers.
Work arrangement
Mostly full-time4% part-time and 96% full-time in 2025.
Age profile
Mid-career heavy14% aged 15 to 29, 62% aged 30 to 49, and 24% aged 50 or older.
Qualification mix
Degree-heavyDegree 81%; Diploma / professional qualification 15%.
Gross wage by sex
Female median 21% higherPublished June 2024 gross wage medians: male $3,800, female $4,582.
Where this work is concentrated
Top planning areas
Sengkang, Bedok, Tampines19% of workers in this occupation group live in these three planning areas.
Residential concentration
Broadly distributed30% live across the top five planning areas in the 2020 Census.
Commute pattern
Mid-range commutesEstimated average commute 37.5 minutes. 33% take 46 minutes or more.
Role profile
How this role's work breaks down across key dimensions. This is a general profile, not an individual measurement.
Workflow dimensions (0 = low, 1 = high)
How this changes by career stage
Senior workers benefit from institutional knowledge and judgment that AI cannot replicate. Entry-level roles have higher task overlap with AI.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI replace Counsellor (family)?
Counsellor (family) has 57% AI task overlap but 85% human bottleneck protection — lower risk than 71% of occupations in the live market. AI is more likely to enhance this role than replace it. Net displacement risk: 7% (Low). Median wage: SGD 4,350/month.
What is the AI risk score for Counsellor (family)?
Counsellor (family) has an AI displacement risk of 7%, rated Low. AI task overlap: 57%. Human advantage: 85%. Local demand buffer: 40%.
What career transitions are available for Counsellor (family)?
Counsellor (family) has modeled transition pathways to related occupations. The strongest adjacent pathway is Career coach (counselling), based on skill and wage similarity (model-estimated). Transition scoring accounts for wage preservation, training ease, and destination quality.
How does Counsellor (family) salary compare in the live market?
Counsellor (family) earns a median gross wage of SGD 4,350/month in the live market (25th-75th percentile: SGD 3,700-5,300). This is 3% below median across all 562 scored occupations, and 33% below group median within Professionals occupations.