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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Directors, Religious Activities and Education?
Task-level automation exposure for Directors, Religious Activities and Education: 19 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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47%
weighted task index
19 of 19 tasks scored
Median Salary
$52,100 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Low
22,160 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+3.3%
employment change
13,000 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 43 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$29,540 – $79,310
Highest medians
Alabama $79,310
Texas $75,420
Georgia $72,910
Nebraska $72,500
Colorado $67,760
Lowest medians
Louisiana $29,540
Arkansas $33,920
South Carolina $36,120
Wisconsin $40,180
Rhode Island $44,770
State figures come from the 21-2021 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 47%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 0%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 75%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 0%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 0/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
19 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 5%
1 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 84%
16 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 11%
2 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#12977 · Core · 43% automatable
Develop or direct study courses or religious education programs within congregations.
decision support — Drafts program outlines; institutional design and approval human
Develop educational programs. Lead classes or community events.
#12975 · Core · 44% automatable
Identify and recruit potential volunteer workers.
interpersonal — AI drafts outreach; human builds candidate relationships
Recruit personnel. Select staff, team members, or performers.
#12978 · Core · 50% automatable
Select appropriate curricula or class structures for educational programs.
decision support — Drafts program outlines; institutional design and approval human
Develop educational programs.
#12983 · Core · 58% automatable
Schedule special events, such as camps, conferences, meetings, seminars, or retreats.
decision support — Complex multi-stakeholder planning needs human execution
Plan conferences, programs, or special events.
#12980 · Core · 41% automatable
Counsel individuals regarding interpersonal, health, financial, or religious problems.
interpersonal — Client health advice needs relationship and accountability
Advise clients or community groups on health issues. Counsel clients regarding interpersonal issues. Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues.
#12982 · Core · 53% automatable
Collaborate with other ministry members to establish goals and objectives for religious education programs or to develop ways to encourage program participation.
text generation — Promotional drafts aided; community context human
Develop promotional strategies for religious organizations. Collaborate with other professionals to develop education or assistance programs.
#12976 · Core · 32% automatable
Train and supervise religious education instructional staff.
interpersonal — Social-service skills training demands human modeling
Train staff members in social services skills. Supervise workers providing client or patient services.
#12979 · Core · 58% automatable
Implement program plans by ordering needed materials, scheduling speakers, reserving space, or handling other administrative details.
decision support — Complex multi-stakeholder planning needs human execution
Plan conferences, programs, or special events.
#12981 · Core · 55% automatable
Analyze member participation or changes in congregational emphasis to determine needs for religious education.
decision support — Needs community engagement and situated judgment
Assess individual or community needs for educational or social services.
#12986 · Core · 42% automatable
Analyze revenue and program cost data to determine budget priorities.
decision support — Program finance oversight is broad and accountability-bearing
Manage organizational or program finances.
#12987 · Core · 72% automatable
Attend workshops, seminars, or conferences to obtain program ideas, information, or resources.
information retrieval — AI summarizes social services knowledge; human applies
Maintain professional social services knowledge.
#12991 · Core · 10% automatable
Visit congregational members' homes or arrange for pastoral visits to provide information or resources regarding religious education programs.
situated mobility — Physical home visits require human presence
Visit individuals in their homes to provide support or information.
#12985 · Core · 55% automatable
Publicize programs through sources, such as newsletters, bulletins, or mailings.
text generation — Program info drafted; public presentation human
Present social services program information to the public.
#12984 · Core · 55% automatable
Confer with clergy members, congregational officials, or congregational organizations to encourage support of or participation in religious education activities.
text generation — Promotional drafts aided; community context human
Develop promotional strategies for religious organizations.
#20750 · Core · 55% automatable
Plan fundraising activities for the church.
text generation — Promotional drafts aided; community context human
Develop promotional strategies for religious organizations.
#12988 · Core · 35% automatable
Locate and distribute resources, such as periodicals or curricula, to enhance the effectiveness of educational programs.
interpersonal — Community outreach and physical material distribution
Provide educational materials to community members.
#12989 · Core · 53% automatable
Participate in denominational activities aimed at goals, such as promoting interfaith understanding or providing aid to new or small congregations.
text generation — Promotional content drafted; human runs channels and relationships
Help clients get needed services or resources. Promote products, activities, or organizations.
#12992 · Supplemental · 45% automatable
Interpret religious education activities to the public through speaking, leading discussions, or writing articles for local or national publications.
interpersonal — Cultural/religious interpretation needs lived context
Interpret cultural or religious information for others.
#12990 · Supplemental · 47% automatable
Plan or conduct conferences dealing with the interpretation of religious ideas or convictions.
decision support — Complex multi-stakeholder planning needs human execution
Plan conferences, programs, or special events. Lead classes or community events.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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