Will AI replace Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
40/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 66% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 13% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 46% of the work
What the job involves
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(5)
- Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
- Teach classes and present self-help or information sessions on subjects related to education and career planning.
- Plan, direct, and participate in recruitment and enrollment activities.
- Collaborate with teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of school programs and in the preparation of master schedules for curriculum offerings.
- Compile and study occupational, educational, and economic information to assist counselees in determining and carrying out vocational and educational objectives.
Within reach(11)
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Provide students with information on topics such as college degree programs and admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, trade and technical schools, and apprenticeship programs.
- Refer students to degree programs based on interests, aptitudes, or educational assessments.
- Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation.
- Assess needs for assistance, such as rehabilitation, financial aid, or additional vocational training, and refer clients to the appropriate services.
and 6 more
Out of reach(17)
- Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
- Attend meetings, educational conferences, and training workshops, and serve on committees.
- Evaluate students' or individuals' abilities, interests, and personality characteristics, using tests, records, interviews, or professional sources.
- Plan and conduct orientation programs and group conferences to promote the adjustment of individuals to new life experiences, such as starting college.
and 12 more
Also called
Guidance Counselor · School Counselor · Student Advisor · Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (Vocational Rehab Counselor) · Vocational Rehab Counselor · Academic Advisor · Admissions Counselor · Career Counselor
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics