Licensed Clinical Social Workers vs Substance Abuse Counselors
Compare Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Substance Abuse Counselors side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Licensed Clinical Social Workers pays about $1k more.
Median pay$60k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureModerate 56%, modeled
EducationMaster's plus license
Active ListeningSpeakingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoring
Median pay$59k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureHigh 81%, modeled
EducationBachelor's plus cert
Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionWriting
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.