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Recreation Workers vs Social and Human Service Assistants

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Recreation Workers and Social and Human Service Assistants 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.”

Recreation Workers Social and Human Service Assistants
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$35,380
$45,120
Employment · BLS OEWS
309,640
424,220
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
65th pct
82nd pct

At a glance

Dimension Recreation Workers Social and Human Service Assistants
Median pay $35,380 $45,120
Employment 309,640 424,220
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.1%) About average (+6.4%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 68,100 50,600
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 65th pct High · 82nd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 37th pct · 21% of tasks 62nd pct · 33% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (58.0%) Augmentation-leaning (29.1%)
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: English Language, Active Listening, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Service Orientation, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Speech Clarity, Monitoring, Customer and Personal Service, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Speech Recognition, Education and Training, Written Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Deductive Reasoning, Psychology, Administrative, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Complex Problem Solving, Written Expression, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Computers and Electronics, Negotiation, Judgment and Decision Making.

Specific to Recreation Workers

  • Public Safety and Security
  • Instructing
  • Law and Government
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Far Vision

Specific to Social and Human Service Assistants

  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Selective Attention

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

Specific to Recreation Workers

Specific to Social and Human Service Assistants

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Recreation Workers or Social and Human Service Assistants — 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. "Recreation Workers vs Social and Human Service Assistants." 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 November 4, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/recreation-workers-vs-social-and-human-service-assistants

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Singulariki. (2026). Recreation Workers vs Social and Human Service Assistants. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/recreation-workers-vs-social-and-human-service-assistants

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Recreation Workers vs Social and Human Service Assistants},
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  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 November 4, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/recreation-workers-vs-social-and-human-service-assistants}
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