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Rehabilitation Counselors
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 2.2% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #174 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $46,850 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 96,900 in the US, with about 8,200 openings a year
The work, 15 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI does this: Assist others to access additional services or resources14%
AI performed this in about 1 in 31 Copilot conversations and completed it 88% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Assess living, work, or social needs or status of individuals or communities12%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,012 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
AI does this: Explain medical information to patients or family members12%
AI performed this in about 1 in 230 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist individuals with special needs6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Develop professional relationships or networks5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,715 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
AI does this: Evaluate programs, practices, or processes5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,764 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on educational or vocational matters5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 293 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collaborate in the development of educational programs4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage budgets or finances3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop health assessment methods or programs2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 102 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 8,200 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 46% of the workHealthcare Social Workers18% AI does, against 36% here+8.5% by 2035 · $67,880 · Master’s degree
- Shares 39% of the workMental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers22% AI does, against 36% here+10.3% by 2035 · $60,280 · Master’s degree
- Shares 36% of the workSubstance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors26% AI does, against 36% here+18.4% by 2035 · $59,350 · Master’s degree
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deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.23, higher than 76% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 21-1015 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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