Headline risk
2%
Very Low RiskEducational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Weighted task overlap from O*NET
Median annual from BLS OEWS
BLS employment projections
O*NET job zone level
Occupation profile
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
Task evidence
89% weighted task match · 12% effective coverage
Method contract
structural_pressure = exposure × (1 - bottleneck)
headline_risk = structural_pressure × (1 - country_demand_resilience)
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 65,140
Employment 2024
376.3K
Projected Change
3.5%
Openings
31.0K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of school and career counselors and advisors is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning. AI 91%
- 2. Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. AI 0%
- 3. Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
- 4. Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. AI 0%
- 5. Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools. AI 0%
- 6. Refer students to outside counseling services.
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 41.2 · 348K employed
Under 25: 7% · 25–54: 76% · 55+: 17%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
School counselors help students develop academic and social skills. Career counselors and advisors help people choose a path to employment.
School counselors work in public and private schools. Career counselors and advisors are employed primarily in colleges and universities but also work in career centers and private practice. Both types of counselors usually work full time.
Most school counselors need a master’s degree in school counseling or a related field and have a state-issued credential. Some states require licensure for career counselors and advisors.
The median annual wage for school and career counselors and advisors was $65,140 in May 2024.
Employment of school and career counselors and advisors is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.