Jobs · Community and Social Service · O*NET-SOC 21-1094.00
Community Health Workers: which tasks is AI doing?
7 of its 29 tasks show measurable AI use, and 35% of that use is automation (AI doing the task) rather than augmentation (AI helping a person do it).
Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.
Tasks with observed AI use
7 of 29
Claude conversations mapped to this job's tasks
Automation share of that use
35%
The rest is augmentation; all usage: 49%
US employment
61,660
BLS, May 2025
US median annual wage
$51,850
Wages differ by country
Which of these does AI already do for you?
Tick the tasks AI handles in your version of this job. Whatever stays unticked is what keeps a person needed: the links a chain waits on. The bars show where people already use AI for each task, from real usage data.
How to read this
Observed use is not the same as replacement. A task can see heavy AI use while the job grows, because the remaining tasks, such as judgment, accountability, and dealing with people, become more valuable. That is the weak-link pattern behind the explainer.
Task lists and wages are US data. The tasks are broadly similar in other countries; pay and employment are not. For your own economy, see work and jobs by country.
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