School Psychologists

Low Risk
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
26%
(Low Risk)
POLLING
27%
(Low Risk, Based on 140 votes)
Average: 26%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
0.7%
by year 2033
WAGES
$84,940
or $40.83 per hour
Volume
62,790
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
6.3/10
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Calculated automation risk

26% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.

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Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Social Perceptiveness

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  • Persuasion

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Negotiation

  • Originality

User poll

27% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 26% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that School Psychologists will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'School Psychologists' job openings is expected to rise 0.7% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'School Psychologists' was $84,940, or $41 per hour

'School Psychologists' were paid 76.7% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 62,790 people employed as 'School Psychologists' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 2 thousand people are employed as 'School Psychologists'.

Job description

Diagnose and implement individual or schoolwide interventions or strategies to address educational, behavioral, or developmental issues that adversely impact educational functioning in a school. May address student learning and behavioral problems and counsel students or families. May design and implement performance plans, and evaluate performance. May consult with other school-based personnel.

SOC Code: 19-3034.00

Comments (10)

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Henrique (Low)
12 Aug 2025 14:22
Psychology has an important human skill and AI does not: Subjectiveness
Hoshi (No chance)
03 Dec 2024 22:49
Cuz patients need emotional advice and other stuff that needs real care, not some already made response or solution, every person has its own experiences, it might not go well.
teresa (No chance)
10 Jul 2024 14:37
Robots won't be able to perceive human emotion as well as another human being because they cannot feel.

Also, they won't understand body language, and humans won't be able to share their emotions and intimate thoughts with a machine.
AI user (Highly likely)
28 Feb 2024 13:37
People have already started using ChatGPT for most of their psycologic problems. So, there is no need to go to psycologists most of the time. And if you have a thing like major depression or any other serious problem, you will go to psychiatrist who is a real doctor.
Milo
23 Nov 2025 12:02
I think you dont really understand what AI is, if people treat AI as psychologist/therapist may God help them, because its gonna be miserable really fast,
Ramazan (Low)
09 Jul 2023 10:33
People needs human interaction with their personal problems. Human contact is hard to replace by and cold robot
Lukas (Low)
28 May 2023 14:51
Requires face to face interaction with students and parents. Very hard for a robot to replicate.
B. Himamshu Rao (No chance)
03 Apr 2023 12:47
Ai can't take this job it is nearly impossible for Ai to take this job as it is emotional less and this job deals with human emotions.
Tasha (No chance)
04 Oct 2022 19:25
Humans can coach, but robots cannot, and will not be able to show genuine compassion. Robots simply don't have the capacity to do so.
Matthew Ames (Low)
28 Sep 2021 05:57
I simply don't believe that a robot could ever understand the mind of a human and be flexible enough to adjust its approach to different people. That being said, I suppose there is the other side of the coin, the person receiving counseling that may be content with receiving fake understanding. Overall, this aspect relies on cultural norms to remain fairly the same.
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