AI Career Radar

Community Health Workers

Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.

AI exposure22 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation14
Freedom to set tasks86
Repeating the same tasks41
$51,850Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+12.7%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (much faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
59Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
75
Speaking
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
75
Monitoring
63
69
Judgment and Decision Making
63
60
Active Learning
62
72
Coordination
62
66
Complex Problem Solving
62
66
Reading Comprehension
61
72
Time Management
61
53
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
75
Writing
60
69
Instructing
58
66
Learning Strategies
58
53
Systems Analysis
57
50
Service Orientation
56
69
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Persuasion
54
60
Mathematics
53
25
Negotiation
52
47
Science
52
13
Management of Personnel Resources
50
50
Operations Analysis
49
9
Installation
48
0
Management of Financial Resources
47
13
Management of Material Resources
47
13
Quality Control Analysis
47
9
Technology Design
47
3
Troubleshooting
47
3
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
19
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
6
Operation and Control
43
16

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$72,300
10-yr growth
+21.5%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Time Management, Learning Strategies, Service Orientation

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension

#4Art TherapistsHealthcare
83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$77,930
10-yr growth
+12.6%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Negotiation

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$100,580
10-yr growth
+11.7%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies, Writing, Social Perceptiveness

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Community Health Workers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.