Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
353,310 people do this job in the US. $64,330 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 44%
- 50%
- 6%
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, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 31%. Today's estimate: 34%.
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 . 35 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan, direct, and participate in recruitment and enrollment activities.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 19% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 50 min25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Establish and enforce administration policies and rules governing student behavior.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.3 h25 min to 4.2 h | 69%Half by now | |
| Establish and supervise peer-counseling and peer-tutoring programs.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 5% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min21 min to 1.7 h | 98%Half by now | |
| Teach classes and present self-help or information sessions on subjects related to education and career planning.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 2.1 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Plan and promote career and employment-related programs and events, such as career planning presentations, work experience programs, job fairs, and career workshops.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Plan and conduct orientation programs and group conferences to promote the adjustment of individuals to new life experiences, such as starting college.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.6 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 29 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Provide students with information on topics such as college degree programs and admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, trade and technical schools, and apprenticeship programs.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 29 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 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.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Rehabilitation Counselors66% now, 79% by 2028
- School Psychologists34% now, 69% by 2028
- Instructional Coordinators17% now, 81% by 2028
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary19% now, 66% by 2028
- Child, Family, and School Social Workers35% now, 52% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten19% now, 23% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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