As of June 2026, Child, Family, and School Social Workers has an AI-exposure score of 54/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
AI Exposure Score for
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
54/100
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More exposed than 43% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$59,550. About 35,100 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
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How you compare to similar Community & Social Service roles
Child, Family, and School Social Workers (you)
54
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
55
Community Health Workers
55
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
56
Rehabilitation Counselors
59
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
59
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
Automatable
- Collect supplementary information needed to assist client, such as employment records, medical records, or school reports.
Augmentable
- Place children in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, or medical treatment centers.
- Maintain case history records and prepare reports.
- Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.
- Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline, assisting with hearings and providing testimony to inform custody arrangements.
- Refer clients to community resources for services, such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply.
- Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
- Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants.
- Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to help children who face problems, such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.
- Serve on policy-making committees, assist in community development, and assist client groups by lobbying for solutions to problems.
- Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.
- Provide, find, or arrange for support services, such as child care, homemaker service, prenatal care, substance abuse treatment, job training, counseling, or parenting classes to prevent more serious problems from developing.
- Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems, such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions.
- Recommend temporary foster care and advise foster or adoptive parents.
- Conduct social research.
Durable
- Counsel individuals, groups, families, or communities regarding issues including mental health, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, physical abuse, rehabilitation, social adjustment, child care, or medical care.
- Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required.
- Supervise other social workers.
- Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services.
- Lead group counseling sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, or chemical dependency.
Safer adjacent roles
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Child, Family, and School Social Workers 54→
Healthcare Social Workers
47
80% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$67,880
Marriage and Family Therapists
47
72% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$66,940
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
55
64% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$60,280
Rehabilitation Counselors
59
56% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$46,850
Social and Human Service Assistants
61
48% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$45,930
Social and Community Service Managers
58
40% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$80,390
Community Health Workers
55
40% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$51,850
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
56
40% skills overlap · Elevated exposure · ~US$64,330
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Child, Family, and School Social Workers — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)
California: US$65,200New York: US$65,100Texas: US$55,680
Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$59,550. More states are being added.