Community & Social Service
Directors of Religious Activities
SOC 21-2021
Plan and run the education and outreach programs of a religious community.
The job
Median pay
$52k
$44k to $74k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.3% projected
Openings a year
13k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
64th pct
More exposed than 64% of occupations · modeled estimate · 73rd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
51/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,550 | 0.4 | 2.6× | $50k |
| California | 3,200 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $62k |
| Oregon | 1,860 | 0.9 | 6.6× | $45k |
| Florida | 1,420 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $49k |
| Pennsylvania | 1,210 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $56k |
| Michigan | 950 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $46k |
| Illinois | 866 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $54k~ |
| Minnesota | 760 | 0.3 | 1.8× | $50k |
| Ohio | 740 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $49k |
| Indiana | 670 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $58k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 640 | 1.3 | 8.8× | $45k |
| New Jersey | 607 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $66k~ |
| Washington | 390 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $56k |
| Virginia | 380 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $59k |
| Texas | 330 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $75k |
| Georgia | 320 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $73k |
| Hawaii | 310 | 0.5 | 3.5× | $48k |
| Arizona | 300 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $57k |
| Maryland | 300 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $59k |
| North Carolina | 260 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $63k |
| Kentucky | 250 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $52k |
| Louisiana | 243 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $30k~ |
| Iowa | 220 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $66k |
| Washington DC | 170 | 0.2 | 1.7× | $62k |
| South Carolina | 170 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $36k |
| Connecticut | 160 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $48k |
| Massachusetts | 160 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $63k |
| Arkansas | 140 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $34k |
| Kansas | 140 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $46k |
| Tennessee | 130 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $62k |
| Wisconsin | 130 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $40k |
| Maine | 126 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $50k~ |
| Mississippi | 120 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $49k |
| Rhode Island | 120 | 0.2 | 1.7× | $45k |
| West Virginia | 120 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $44k~ |
| Oklahoma | 110 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $47k |
| New Hampshire | 105 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $52k~ |
| Colorado | 100 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $68k |
| Alabama | 90 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $79k |
| Nevada | 90 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $62k |
| Vermont | 79 | 0.3 | 1.8× | $51k~ |
| Delaware | 75 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $52k~ |
| Alaska | 62 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $56k~ |
| Missouri | 60 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $53k |
| New Mexico | 60 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $48k |
| North Dakota | 53 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $54k~ |
| South Dakota | 50 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $53k |
| Utah | 50 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $57k |
| Idaho | 40 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $45k |
| Nebraska | 40 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $73k |
| Wyoming | 35 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $52k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,940 jobs · $59k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,270 jobs · $62k median
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA1,100 jobs · $46k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL490 jobs · $52k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD480 jobs · $59k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV480 jobs · $61k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI420 jobs · $51k median
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN410 jobs · $58k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Directors of Religious Activities interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.