Credit Counselors
SOC Code: 13-2071
Credit Counselorss calculate clients' available monthly income to meet debt obligations. This career typically requires considerable preparation (2-4 years). With an AI-proof score of 70.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Active Listening, Speaking, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 70.5 — High
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Median Salary
$50,480
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Job Growth
3.3%
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Training Time
Considerable preparation (2-4 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 4 / 5
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Training Cost
~$40,000
Key Skills
- •Active Listening
- •Speaking
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Critical Thinking
- •Writing
Common Tasks
- ✓Calculate clients' available monthly income to meet debt obligations.
- ✓Explain services or policies to clients, such as debt management program rules, advantages and disadvantages of using services, or creditor concession policies.
- ✓Create debt management plans, spending plans, or budgets to assist clients to meet financial goals.
- ✓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.
- ✓Assess clients' overall financial situations by reviewing income, assets, debts, expenses, credit reports, or other financial information.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation