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Community and Social Service Occupations
Across the 16 of this group's 17 occupations with published Colorado employment, 55,430 Coloradans work in community and social service occupations (one more occupation has no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 35.8 of 100, and 3.3% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors; Child, Family, and School Social Workers; Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other — the largest of this group's 17 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 55,430 across 16 of 17 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 35.8 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 3.3% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $47,690–$74,150 range across the 17 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 17 occupations — and its 55,430 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| substantial overlap | 3 | 1,830 | 3.3% |
| some overlap | 12 | 52,260 | 94.3% |
| little overlap | 2 | 1,340 | 2.4% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | some overlap | 35.9 | 14,920 | $62,390 |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | some overlap | 30.0 | 8,200 | $63,720 |
| Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other | some overlap | 35.9 | 6,540 | $55,490 |
| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | some overlap | 32.5 | 6,530 | $64,780 |
| Social and Human Service Assistants | some overlap | 37.5 | 5,410 | $47,690 |
| Healthcare Social Workers | some overlap | 42.2 | 3,670 | $63,480 |
| Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists | some overlap | 44.7 | 2,540 | $71,680 |
| Social Workers, All Other | some overlap | 35.9 | 2,190 | $61,610 |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | some overlap | 35.4 | 1,640 | $65,620 |
| Rehabilitation Counselors | substantial overlap | 46.8 | 980 | $47,840 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont | 3.2% | 469 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Pueblo | 3.0% | 1,844 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Crowley | 2.9% | 32 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Dolores | 2.9% | 15 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Hinsdale | 2.9% | 9 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Alamosa | 2.8% | 227 | Partially imputed estimate |