Field
Community & social service
What is this page & how do I use it?
This is a sector view — every community & social service career CareerStar rates, on the same neutral baseline, with field-level stats up top so you can size up the whole field at a glance.
How to use it: the table is ranked best-first. Click any career for its full report, and watch the moat column — 🏰 wide means well-shielded from AI, — means broadly exposed.
Careers
12
Median score
48
Avg growth
+5.5%
Wide moats
5/12
Every community & social service career, on a neutral baseline · median pay $61k · click a career for its full report · moat = how shielded from AI (🏰 wide = well-defended, 🛡 narrow = some shelter, — = broadly exposed)
| Career | Rating | Moat | Growth | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marriage and family therapists | ★5.0 · 66 | 🏰 Wide | +12.6% | $64k |
| Healthcare social workers | ★4.5 · 59 | 🏰 Wide | +7.7% | $68k |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | ★4.5 · 59 | 🏰 Wide | +9.7% | $60k |
| Community health workers | ★4.5 · 55 | 🛡 Narrow | +11.3% | $51k |
| Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors | ★4.0 · 50 | 🛡 Narrow | +3.5% | $65k |
| Health education specialists | ★3.5 · 48 | — | +4.5% | $63k |
| Child, family, and school social workers | ★3.5 · 47 | 🏰 Wide | +3.4% | $59k |
| Social and human service assistants | ★3.5 · 45 | 🛡 Narrow | +6.4% | $45k |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | ★3.5 · 44 | 🛡 Narrow | +2.6% | $65k |
| Clergy | ★3.0 · 39 | 🏰 Wide | +1% | $61k |
| Directors, religious activities and education | ★3.0 · 38 | 🛡 Narrow | +2.1% | $55k |
| Rehabilitation counselors | ★2.5 · 32 | 🛡 Narrow | +1.4% | $46k |