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	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	Instructional Coordinators	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	Training and Development Specialists
SUMMARY	15% Minimal Risk	7% Minimal Risk	19% Minimal Risk	11% Minimal Risk	19% Minimal Risk
JOB SCORE	7.3/10	7.1/10	6.1/10	7.0/10	7.3/10
POLLING	29% (Low Risk, Based on 133 votes)	19.3% (Minimal Risk, Based on 168 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 26 votes)	31% (Low Risk, Based on 77 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 146 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	3.5%	3.4%	1.3%	1.7%	10.8%
WAGES	$65,140 or $31.31 per hour	$58,570 or $28.16 per hour	$74,720 or $35.92 per hour	$103,960 or $49.98 per hour	$65,850 or $31.66 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	342,350	382,960	210,850	176,420	436,610
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DESCRIPTION	Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.	Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.	Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology into instruction in order to provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses. May train and coach teachers. Includes educational consultants and specialists, and instructional material directors.	Plan, direct, or coordinate student instruction, administration, and services, as well as other research and educational activities, at postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges.	Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. May analyze organizational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness.

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