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Theology and Religious Vocations

Field of study · CIP 2020

Theology and Religious Vocations is one of the fields of study in the U.S. Department of Education's Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). It contains 22 detailed programs and, through the official CIP–SOC crosswalk, connects to 10 occupations employing about 1,049,840 workers, with a median wage of $62,245. 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 $62,245
Middle range (p25–p75) $54,865 – $79,655
Occupations with wage data 10 of 10

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% — 55th percentile of all fields of study. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages 1.20 here.

Computed across the 7 of 10 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
Managers, All Other 630,980 $136,550
Financial Specialists, All Other 127,450 $80,190
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 110,390 $54,940
Clergy 58,080 $60,820
Counselors, All Other 33,340 $49,830
Law Teachers, Postsecondary 22,800 $126,650
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 21,460 $54,840
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 20,840 $78,050
Music Directors and Composers 12,330 $63,670
Religious Workers, All Other 12,170 $45,120

Programs in this field

A sample of the detailed CIP programs within this family. The full family contains 22 programs.

  • 39.0201 Bible/Biblical Studies
  • 39.0706 Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies
  • 39.0302 Church Planting
  • 39.0602 Divinity/Ministry
  • 39.0705 Lay Ministry
  • 39.0301 Missions/Missionary Studies
  • 39.0399 Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology, Other
  • 39.0799 Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other
  • 39.0701 Pastoral Studies/Counseling
  • 39.0604 Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies
  • 39.0605 Rabbinical Studies
  • 39.0401 Religious Education
  • 39.0801 Religious Institution Administration and Management
  • 39.0599 Religious Music and Worship, Other
  • 39.0802 Religious/Canon Law
  • 39.0501 Religious/Sacred Music
  • 39.0699 Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other
  • 39.0601 Theology/Theological Studies
  • 39.0703 Urban Ministry
  • 39.0704 Women's Ministry
  • 39.0502 Worship Ministry
  • 39.0702 Youth Ministry

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.

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Plain

Singulariki. "Theology and Religious Vocations." 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/theology-and-religious-vocations

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Theology and Religious Vocations. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/programs/theology-and-religious-vocations

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  title  = {Theology and Religious Vocations},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/programs/theology-and-religious-vocations}
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