Community Health Workers
Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.
61,660 people do this job in the US. $51,850 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 33%
- 17%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 46%. Today's estimate: 48%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 29 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advise clients or community groups on issues related to improving general health, such as diet or exercise.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Develop plans or formal contracts for individuals, families, or community groups to improve overall health.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.1 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Advise clients or community groups on issues related to self-care, such as diabetes management.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Monitor nutrition of children, elderly, or other high-risk groups.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Identify the particular health care needs of individuals in a community or target area.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Maintain updated client records with plans, notes, appropriate forms, or related information.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 6% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Advocate for individual or community health needs with government agencies or health service providers.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.5 h | 91%Half by now | |
| Identify or contact members of high-risk or otherwise targeted groups, such as members of minority populations, low-income populations, or pregnant women.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Advise clients or community groups on issues related to risk or prevention of conditions, such as lead poisoning, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), prenatal substance abuse, or domestic violence.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Contact clients in person, by phone, or in writing to ensure they have completed required or recommended actions.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 5% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Attend community meetings or health fairs to understand community issues or build relationships with community members.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Conduct home visits for pregnant women, newborn infants, or other high-risk individuals to monitor their progress or assess their needs.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).