Healthcare Practitioners
Genetic Counselors
SOC 29-9092
Help patients understand genetic testing results and plan around their risks.
The job
Median pay
$100k
$89k to $116k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+10% projected
Openings a year
300
BLS projection
Typical education
Master's plus cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
16/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
78th pct
More exposed than 78% of occupations · modeled estimate · 90th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
65/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 440 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $138k |
| Tennessee | 340 | 0.1 | 4.3× | $94k |
| Texas | 305 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $99k~ |
| New Jersey | 240 | 0.1 | 2.3× | $118k |
| New York | 240 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $107k |
| Pennsylvania | 230 | 0.0 | 1.6× | $95k |
| Massachusetts | 200 | 0.1 | 2.3× | $97k |
| Minnesota | 160 | 0.1 | 2.3× | $102k |
| Ohio | 120 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $101k |
| Georgia | 116 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $83k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 110 | 0.0 | 1.6× | $92k |
| Florida | 100 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $102k |
| Virginia | 100 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $100k |
| Washington | 100 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $103k |
| Illinois | 90 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $96k |
| Michigan | 80 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $85k |
| North Carolina | 80 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $94k |
| Louisiana | 56 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $86k~ |
| Alabama | 55 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $78k~ |
| Arizona | 50 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $103k |
| Connecticut | 50 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $102k |
| Kentucky | 50 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $100k |
| Maryland | 50 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $94k |
| Utah | 50 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $98k |
| Oklahoma | 43 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $91k~ |
| Oregon | 41 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $136k~ |
| Colorado | 40 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $106k |
| Delaware | 40 | 0.1 | 3.4× | $106k |
| Washington DC | 40 | 0.1 | 2.4× | $100k |
| Indiana | 40 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $90k |
| Missouri | 40 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $84k |
| South Carolina | 40 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $94k |
| Kansas | 37 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $90k~ |
| Arkansas | 35 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $87k~ |
| Iowa | 35 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $90k~ |
| Mississippi | 33 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $77k~ |
| Nevada | 29 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $111k~ |
| Nebraska | 26 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $95k~ |
| West Virginia | 25 | 0.0 | 1.5× | $88k~ |
| Idaho | 20 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $98k~ |
| New Mexico | 20 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $100k~ |
| Maine | 17 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $101k~ |
| New Hampshire | 17 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $111k~ |
| Hawaii | 14 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $123k~ |
| Rhode Island | 13 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $112k~ |
| South Dakota | 13 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $90k~ |
| Montana | 12 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $95k~ |
| North Dakota | 12 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $92k~ |
| Alaska | 8 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $122k~ |
| Vermont | 8 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $101k~ |
| Wyoming | 6 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $96k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ390 jobs · $109k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH180 jobs · $97k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA130 jobs · $121k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD130 jobs · $106k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA120 jobs · $178k median
- Pittsburgh, PA100 jobs · $99k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN80 jobs · $96k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI80 jobs · $102k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Genetic Counselors 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.