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Clergy vs Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Clergy and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Clergy Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$60,820
$60,060
Employment · BLS OEWS
58,080
125,910
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
85th pct
49th pct

At a glance

Dimension Clergy Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
Median pay $60,820 $60,060
Employment 58,080 125,910
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+1.0%) Growing fast (+9.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 23,000 13,500
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 85th pct Moderate · 49th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 21st pct · 17% of tasks 53rd pct · 28% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (60.3%) Augmentation-leaning (52.2%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Speech Clarity, Speaking, Oral Expression, Active Listening, English Language, Social Perceptiveness, Oral Comprehension, Instructing, Service Orientation, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Customer and Personal Service, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Persuasion, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Education and Training, Therapy and Counseling, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Coordination, Negotiation, Complex Problem Solving, Information Ordering, Psychology, Learning Strategies, Sociology and Anthropology, Monitoring.

Specific to Clergy

  • Philosophy and Theology
  • Administration and Management
  • Communications and Media
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Administrative

Specific to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers

  • Category Flexibility
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Systems Analysis
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Near Vision

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Calendar and scheduling software , Data base user interface and query software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Clergy

Specific to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Clergy or Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Clergy vs Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/clergy-vs-mental-health-and-substance-abuse-social-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). Clergy vs Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/clergy-vs-mental-health-and-substance-abuse-social-workers

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-clergy-vs-mental-health-and-substance-abuse-social-workers,
  title  = {Clergy vs Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/clergy-vs-mental-health-and-substance-abuse-social-workers}
}

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