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Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

Field of study · CIP 2020

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences is one of the fields of study in the U.S. Department of Education's Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). It contains 33 detailed programs and, through the official CIP–SOC crosswalk, connects to 32 occupations employing about 8,638,900 workers, with a median wage of $69,780. The crosswalk shows which jobs a field of study is related to — not a guarantee of entry.

What the occupations pay

Median annual wage across the occupations this field of study leads to, from BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024). The middle range is the 25th–75th percentile of those occupation medians — it describes the field, not any one job or graduate.

Median occupation wage $69,780
Middle range (p25–p75) $54,940 – $91,670
Occupations with wage data 29 of 32

AI exposure of this field of study

Two published studies estimate how exposed each occupation is to today's AI. The OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" study rates the share of an occupation's tasks a large language model (with tools) could speed up by half or more; averaged across the occupations this field of study leads to it is 44% — 53rd percentile of all fields of study. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages 0.70 here.

Computed across the 30 of 32 occupations this field leads to that carry a published exposure score.

The most-exposed fields of study lead to knowledge, language and analytical work; the least-exposed lead to physical trades and hands-on production. Exposure measures where AI could assist tasks, not a prediction that these jobs will be automated; high exposure most often means augmentation. Bands are comparable across the cluster, education, job-zone and field-of-study tiers (same two studies, same percentile method).

Where this field of study leads

The largest occupations connected to this field by the CIP–SOC crosswalk, by employment. Wage and employment describe the occupation, not an individual.

Occupation Workers Median pay
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 1,187,460 $42,010
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1,113,160 $47,320
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1,072,540 $64,580
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Sales Managers 603,710 $138,060
Childcare Workers 520,180 $32,050
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 448,260 $36,450
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 445,080 $37,120
Social and Human Service Assistants 424,220 $45,120
Marketing Managers 384,980 $161,030
Public Relations Specialists 280,590 $69,780
Personal Financial Advisors 270,480 $102,140
Food Service Managers 244,230 $65,310
Facilities Managers 141,090 $104,690
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 134,670 $59,440
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 110,390 $54,940
Dietitians and Nutritionists 76,570 $73,850
Interior Designers 69,580 $63,490
Technical Writers 55,530 $91,670
Writers and Authors 47,800 $72,270
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 36,970 $100,340
Dietetic Technicians 29,950 $37,040
Fashion Designers 20,910 $80,690
Psychologists, All Other 17,790 $117,580
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other 17,540 $75,040
Farm and Home Management Educators 10,260 $58,120
Materials Scientists 8,330 $104,160
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 2,860 $67,670
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 2,630 $77,280
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education — —
Teaching Assistants, Special Education — —
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products — —

Programs in this field

A sample of the detailed CIP programs within this family. The full family contains 33 programs.

  • 19.0702 Adult Development and Aging
  • 19.0902 Apparel and Textile Manufacture
  • 19.0905 Apparel and Textile Marketing Management
  • 19.0901 Apparel and Textiles, General
  • 19.0201 Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
  • 19.0709 Child Care Provider/Assistant
  • 19.0708 Child Care and Support Services Management
  • 19.0706 Child Development
  • 19.0402 Consumer Economics
  • 19.0203 Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
  • 19.0403 Consumer Services and Advocacy
  • 19.0710 Developmental Services Worker
  • 19.0711 Early Childhood and Family Studies
  • 19.0604 Facilities Planning and Management
  • 19.0401 Family Resource Management Studies, General
  • 19.0704 Family Systems
  • 19.0707 Family and Community Services
  • 19.0499 Family and Consumer Economics and Related Services, Other
  • 19.0299 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services, Other
  • 19.0202 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication
  • 19.0101 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • 19.0906 Fashion and Fabric Consultant
  • 19.0599 Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services, Other
  • 19.0501 Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • 19.0505 Foodservice Systems Administration/Management
  • 19.0605 Home Furnishings and Equipment Installers
  • 19.0601 Housing and Human Environments, General
  • 19.0699 Housing and Human Environments, Other
  • 19.0701 Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • 19.0504 Human Nutrition

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 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; CIP-2020 2020; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/programs/family-and-consumer-sciences-human-sciences

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/programs/family-and-consumer-sciences-human-sciences

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