Public & Social · SOC 21-1029
Helps people cope with challenges and access resources.
Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
Timeline: Resilient — empathy, trust and judgment in high-stakes situations.
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$57,000 median pay
$63,000 median pay
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Social Worker is resilient on AIFear. Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
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Our AI Fear Score for Social Worker is 16/100 (Resilient). Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
16 out of 100. It blends a Frey & Osborne automation probability of 0% with an estimated LLM task-exposure of 35%.
Most exposed: Case documentation, Resource lookups, Form filing. Harder to automate: Crisis intervention, Building trust, Ethical judgment.
Lean into Clinical licensure, Crisis intervention, Case management. Consider roles such as Clinical social worker (LCSW) or Program director.
AI Fear Score blends Frey & Osborne (2013) automation probability with an LLM task-exposure estimate (after Eloundou et al., 2023). Pay/employment are approximate BLS figures. This is an estimate, not a prediction about any individual's job. Compare all occupations.