Credit Counselors
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 212 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 96% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Calculate clients' available monthly income to meet debt obligations.
AI could do much of this on its own
Explain services or policies to clients, such as debt management program rules, advantages and disadvantages of using services, or creditor concession policies.
AI could do much of this on its own
Create debt management plans, spending plans, or budgets to assist clients to meet financial goals.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prioritize client debt repayment to avoid dire consequences, such as bankruptcy or foreclosure or to reduce overall costs, such as by paying high-interest or short-term loans first.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Assess clients' overall financial situations by reviewing income, assets, debts, expenses, credit reports, or other financial information.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Disburse funds from client accounts to creditors.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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