Often handed to AI
Task areas most often handled directively in observed AI conversations — candidates to delegate with light review.
- Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. · 0.8%
Genetic Counselors
Occupation · SOC 29-9092.00
Assess individual or family risk for a variety of inherited conditions, such as genetic disorders and birth defects. Provide information to other healthcare providers or to individuals and families concerned with the risk of inherited conditions. Advise individuals and families to support informed decisionmaking and coping methods for those at risk. May help conduct research related to genetic conditions or genetic counseling.
Also called: Certified Genetic Counselor · Genetic Counselor · Prenatal and Pediatric Genetic Counselor · Reproductive Genetic Counseling Coordinator · Medical Science Liaison · Cancer Genetic Counselor · Cancer Program Consultant · Chromosomal Disorders Counselor · Clinical Reviewer · Genetic Coordinator · Genetic Counseling Medical Specialist · Genetics Counselor
Job family: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
Take this to your AI
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/roles/role-29-9092-00/context.md directly.
AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Use as a copilot
Task areas where people work with AI — iterating, learning, or checking — staying in the loop rather than handing the task off.
- Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians. · 1.1%
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics. · 0.9%
- Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance. · 0.4%
Keep a human in the loop
Task areas where a human was still judged necessary in a large share of observed conversations — not a safety ruling, an observed-need signal.
- Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. · 100.0% need a human
- Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance. · 100.0% need a human
- Explain diagnostic procedures such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS), ultrasound, fetal blood sampling, and amniocentesis. · 97.4% need a human
Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
See all skills →Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- Growing fast employment outlook (+9.3% by 2034)
- 300 openings/yr
- High AI exposure
- Observed AI use leans augmentation
- Median pay $98,910/yr
- Can largely be done remotely (teleworkable)
94th-percentile task overlap — yet about 300 openings a year (+9.3% projected, BLS), and observed AI use leans 5194% copilot, not hand-off (AEI) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) High | 100th | 1.5 | |
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) High | 77th | 0.9 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) High | 90th | 0.3 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.1), with simple added tooling (β 0.5), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.9). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
Most of this job's tasks can be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman), which tends to track with higher digital and AI exposure.
How AI is actually used in this job
Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.
| Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians. | 5.4% | |
| Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics. | 1.5% | |
| Explain diagnostic procedures such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS), ultrasound, fetal blood sampling, and amniocentesis. | 0.7% | |
| Evaluate or make recommendations for standards of care or clinical operations, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, ethics, legislation, or policies. | 0.5% | |
| Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. | 0.3% | |
| Analyze genetic information to identify patients or families at risk for specific disorders or syndromes. | 0.3% |
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | Growing fast · +9.3% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 300 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 4,000 → 4,300 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international occupation below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Genetic Counselors sits at the 32nd percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
— exposure rose from 2023 to 2025. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
20% mean task exposure (2025)
32nd percentile of 427 placed occupations
+3 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified · 2269 | 20% | Not exposed |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
Working with AI in this job
How people actually apply AI to this occupation's tasks, from Claude.ai (Free and Pro) conversations in the Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15. This is one AI assistant's consumer sample — not all AI, not the whole workforce. Autonomy and the collaboration mix are model-rated estimates; figures below the sample floor are hidden.
| Augmentation vs. automation | 51.9% working with AI · 20.7% handed to AI |
| Most common way people use AI here | Learning · you ask AI to explain or teach |
| Typical AI autonomy | 3.5 / 5 · higher = AI acts more independently |
| Used for work (vs. personal / coursework) | 19.6% |
What people delegate to AI
The role's most common tasks in AI conversations, each tagged with how people work with the AI on it. “Usage” is the share of observed conversations, not of the job.
| Task | How | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians. | Learning | 1.1% |
| Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics. | Learning | 0.9% |
| Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. | Directive | 0.8% |
| Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance. | Learning | 0.4% |
| Prepare or provide genetics-related educational materials to patients or medical personnel. | Learning | 0.4% |
| Explain diagnostic procedures such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS), ultrasound, fetal blood sampling, and amniocentesis. | Learning | 0.4% |
Where a human is still needed
Tasks where the model most often judged that a person remained necessary — a useful read on the current boundary, not a guarantee.
| Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. | 100.0% | |
| Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance. | 100.0% | |
| Explain diagnostic procedures such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS), ultrasound, fetal blood sampling, and amniocentesis. | 97.4% | |
| Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics. | 96.7% | |
| Prepare or provide genetics-related educational materials to patients or medical personnel. | 92.3% | |
| Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians. | 77.1% |
What people most often hand AI here
Example prompts phrased from the tasks people most often delegate to AI in this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index). Each shows the underlying measured task and its share of observed AI use. They are suggested phrasings of real tasks — starting points, not endorsed instructions.
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Help me interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians.From: Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians. · 1.1% of measured AI use · learning
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Help me read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics.From: Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics. · 0.9% of measured AI use · learning
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Help me identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services.From: Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. · 0.8% of measured AI use · directive
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Help me provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance.From: Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance. · 0.4% of measured AI use · learning
Tasks
All 19 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians. Core · importance 4.9
- Analyze genetic information to identify patients or families at risk for specific disorders or syndromes. Core · importance 4.8
- Discuss testing options and the associated risks, benefits and limitations with patients and families to assist them in making informed decisions. Core · importance 4.8
- Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance. Core · importance 4.7
- Write detailed consultation reports to provide information on complex genetic concepts to patients or referring physicians. Core · importance 4.6
- Provide genetic counseling in specified areas of clinical genetics, such as obstetrics, pediatrics, oncology and neurology. Core · importance 4.6
- Determine or coordinate treatment plans by requesting laboratory services, reviewing genetics or counseling literature, and considering histories or diagnostic data. Core · importance 4.6
- Interview patients or review medical records to obtain comprehensive patient or family medical histories, and document findings. Core · importance 4.5
- Assess patients' psychological or emotional needs, such as those relating to stress, fear of test results, financial issues, and marital conflicts to make referral recommendations or assist patients in managing test outcomes. Core · importance 4.4
- Provide patients with information about the inheritance of conditions such as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and various forms of cancer. Core · importance 4.4
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics. Core · importance 4.3
- Prepare or provide genetics-related educational materials to patients or medical personnel. Core · importance 4.2
- Explain diagnostic procedures such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS), ultrasound, fetal blood sampling, and amniocentesis. Core · importance 4.1
- Refer patients to specialists or community resources. Core · importance 3.9
- Design and conduct genetics training programs for physicians, graduate students, other health professions or the general community. Core · importance 3.6
- Evaluate or make recommendations for standards of care or clinical operations, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, ethics, legislation, or policies. Core · importance 3.5
- Engage in research activities related to the field of medical genetics or genetic counseling. Core · importance 3.4
- Collect for, or share with, research projects patient data on specific genetic disorders or syndromes. Core · importance 3.2
- Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. Core · importance 3.1
Work activities
- Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
- Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
- Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
- Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
- Interact with patients to build rapport or provide emotional support.
- Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
- Develop medical treatment plans.
- Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
- Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.
- Gather medical information from patient histories.
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
- Record patient medical histories.
- Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
- Prepare reports summarizing patient diagnostic or care activities.
- Conduct health or safety training programs.
- Train medical providers.
- Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
- Develop healthcare quality and safety procedures.
- Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues.
- Write grant proposals.
- Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.
- Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
- Prepare healthcare training materials.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Knowledge
| Biology | 4.8 | |
| Psychology | 4.6 | |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4.4 | |
| Therapy and Counseling | 4.3 | |
| English Language | 4.1 | |
| Customer and Personal Service | 3.9 | |
| Mathematics | 3.7 | |
| Sociology and Anthropology | 3.4 | |
| Education and Training | 3.4 |
Abilities
| Written Comprehension | 4.3 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 4.1 | |
| Oral Comprehension | 4.0 | |
| Oral Expression | 4.0 | |
| Written Expression | 4.0 | |
| Problem Sensitivity | 4.0 | |
| Inductive Reasoning | 4.0 | |
| Information Ordering | 3.9 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.9 | |
| Speech Clarity | 3.8 | |
| Near Vision | 3.4 | |
| Fluency of Ideas | 3.1 | |
| Originality | 3.1 | |
| Category Flexibility | 3.1 | |
| Mathematical Reasoning | 3.1 | |
| Flexibility of Closure | 3.1 |
Essential skills
| Reading Comprehension | 4.1 | |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | |
| Writing | 3.9 | |
| Speaking | 3.9 | |
| Critical Thinking | 3.9 | |
| Active Learning | 3.9 | |
| Science | 3.3 | |
| Learning Strategies | 3.0 |
Transferable skills
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.0 | |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.9 | |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.3 | |
| Instructing | 3.1 | |
| Service Orientation | 3.1 | |
| Systems Analysis | 3.1 | |
| Time Management | 3.1 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
Tools & technology
Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 5 — Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Education
- 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).
- Typical entry-level education
- Master's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- Preparation level
- SVP (8.0 and above) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Biological and Biomedical Sciences , Health Professions and Related Programs . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Education of current workers
Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.
| Master's Degree | 100.0% |
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Work styles
| Attention to Detail | 10.0 | |
| Integrity | 9.0 | |
| Cautiousness | 8.0 | |
| Intellectual Curiosity | 7.0 | |
| Cooperation | 6.0 | |
| Social Orientation | 5.0 | |
| Self-Control | 4.0 |
Interest areas
| Health Care Service | 6.1 | |
| Teaching/Education | 6.0 | |
| Life Science | 5.7 | |
| Medical Science | 5.7 | |
| Professional Advising | 5.7 | |
| Social Service | 5.4 |
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Investigative | 5.9 | |
| Social | 5.5 | |
| Conventional | 3.9 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $78,680 |
| 25th percentile | $87,060 |
| Median (50th) | $98,910 |
| 75th percentile | $113,220 |
| 90th percentile | $137,780 |
| People employed | 3,510 |
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 2,900 | $99,210 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 240 | $95,660 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 120 | $93,770 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 70 | $125,960 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | — | $75,720 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 5.51× | 2,900 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 0.77× | 240 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 0.49× | 120 |
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What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Genetic Counselors — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Master's degree · typical entry level
- Job zone 5 — Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences · field of study
- Health Professions and Related Programs · field of study
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 32nd percentile of 427 international occupations.
Write a report on thisheadline · factoids · citation
Genetic Counselors show 94th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 300 annual U.S. openings
- Genetic Counselors rank in the 94th percentile (High band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 300 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be growing fast (+9.3%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $98,910, across about 3,510 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
- Of the AI use actually observed for this work, 52% looks like augmentation (drafting, iterating, checking) rather than hands-off automation — from a Claude.ai usage sample, not a census.2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2
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Genetic Counselors show 94th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 300 annual U.S. openings • Genetic Counselors rank in the 94th percentile (High band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 300 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be growing fast (+9.3%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $98,910, across about 3,510 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) • Of the AI use actually observed for this work, 52% looks like augmentation (drafting, iterating, checking) rather than hands-off automation — from a Claude.ai usage sample, not a census. (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) Source: Singulariki — "Genetic Counselors". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-9092-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
- Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
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Plain
Singulariki. "Genetic Counselors." 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; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-9092-00
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Singulariki. (2026). Genetic Counselors. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-9092-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-29-9092-00,
title = {Genetic Counselors},
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; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-9092-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.