Occupation

Marriage and Family Therapists

Diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, whether cognitive, affective, or behavioral, within the context of marriage and family systems. Apply psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and techniques in the delivery of services to individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed nervous and mental disorders.

96 AI exposure

23 Human advantage

67 Market demand

63 AI leverage

Is Marriage and Family Therapists a safe career from AI?

Marriage and Family Therapists scores 96 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 23, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 67 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 13.5% over ten years.

What Marriage and Family Therapists pay

The median wage is $63,780 a year. The lower quarter earns under $48,600 and the upper quarter over $85,020. About 65,870 people do this work in the United States.

Where Marriage and Family Therapists can go next

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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