Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.65

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Evaluate students' or individuals' abilities, interests, and personality characteristics, using tests, records, interviews, or professional sources.57
• Provide students with information on topics such as college degree programs and admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, trade and technical schools, and apprenticeship programs.57
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.49

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Instruct individuals in career development techniques, such as job search and application strategies, resume writing, and interview skills.28
• Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.29
• Address community groups, faculty, and staff members to explain available counseling services.34

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 43 puts Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 1 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 16 augmentable, and 3 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: adopt AI deliberately on the augmentable tasks and build visible evidence of the durable ones.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $64,330median wage
• 353,310employed
• 31,000annual openings
• +3.5%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Rehabilitation Counselors 50
• Social and Human Service Assistants 55
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers 43
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 39
• Mental Health Counselor 18
• Education Teachers, Postsecondary 38

FAQ — Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

What does a score of 43 mean for a Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 43 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Instruct individuals in career development techniques, such as job search and application strategies, resume writing, and interview skills; Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations; Address community groups, faculty, and staff members to explain available counseling services. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.