# Counselors, Social Workers, and Other Community and Social Service Specialists

> SOC minor group 21-1000 within Community and Social Service Occupations — 15 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 21-1000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/counselors-social-workers-and-other-community-and-social-service-specialists
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 2,037,550.
- **Median wage:** $60,060.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 5.5%.
- **Annual openings:** 217.4.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 63rd percentile (Moderate) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Social and Human Service Assistants (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1093-00) — $45,120; 0th percentile overlap
- Child, Family, and School Social Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1021-00) — $58,570; 0th percentile overlap
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1012-00) — $65,140; 0th percentile overlap
- Healthcare Social Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1022-00) — $68,090; 0th percentile overlap
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1023-00) — $60,060; 0th percentile overlap
- Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1099-00) — $54,940
- Rehabilitation Counselors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1015-00) — $46,110; 0th percentile overlap
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1092-00) — $64,520; 0th percentile overlap
- Marriage and Family Therapists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1013-00) — $63,780; 0th percentile overlap
- Health Education Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1091-00) — $63,000; 1st percentile overlap
- Social Workers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1029-00) — $69,480
- Community Health Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1094-00) — $51,030; 0th percentile overlap
- Counselors, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1019-00) — $49,830
- Mental Health Counselors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1014-00) — 0th percentile overlap
- Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1011-00) — 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/counselors-social-workers-and-other-community-and-social-service-specialists_