The Task Exposure Indexv2026.Q3
Occupation · SOC 21-2021.00 · Job Zone 4

AI exposure: Directors, Religious Activities and Education

Coordinate or design programs and conduct outreach to promote the religious education or activities of a denominational group. May provide counseling, guidance, and leadership relative to marital, health, financial, and religious problems.

Reading this score

computed

33.9% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Directors, Religious Activities and Education at the 58th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.3 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.

What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 19 tasks it averages 2.06 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.

The most exposed thing this job does is Select appropriate curricula or class structures for educational programs, at 55.0%. The least is Visit congregational members' homes or arrange for pastoral visits to provide information or..., at 0.0%. A gap of 55.0% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.

Within community and social service occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 14 roles in the group is 24.4%, and only 1 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.

What would move this score. Of 19 tasks, 14 are currently banded exposed, 2 assisted and 3 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take systems being given deeper access to the organisation's own records and history, which is already happening. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.

Task by task

19 tasks, O*NET 31.0
TaskExposedAssistedUntouchedImportanceBand
Select appropriate curricula or class structures for educational programs.55.0%20.0%25.0%4.13exposed
Confer with clergy members, congregational officials, or congregational organizations to encourage support of or participation in religious education activities.55.0%20.0%25.0%3.42exposed
Plan fundraising activities for the church.55.0%20.0%25.0%3.19exposed
Collaborate with other ministry members to establish goals and objectives for religious education programs or to develop ways to encourage program participation.50.0%25.0%25.0%3.95exposed
Schedule special events, such as camps, conferences, meetings, seminars, or retreats.45.0%30.0%25.0%3.97exposed
Implement program plans by ordering needed materials, scheduling speakers, reserving space, or handling other administrative details.45.0%30.0%25.0%3.86exposed
Publicize programs through sources, such as newsletters, bulletins, or mailings.40.0%35.0%25.0%3.57exposed
Interpret religious education activities to the public through speaking, leading discussions, or writing articles for local or national publications.40.0%35.0%25.0%3.17exposed
Participate in denominational activities aimed at goals, such as promoting interfaith understanding or providing aid to new or small congregations.39.6%22.9%37.5%3.09exposed
Attend workshops, seminars, or conferences to obtain program ideas, information, or resources.36.7%13.3%50.0%3.67exposed
Develop or direct study courses or religious education programs within congregations.30.0%20.0%50.0%4.22exposed
Locate and distribute resources, such as periodicals or curricula, to enhance the effectiveness of educational programs.30.0%20.0%50.0%3.14exposed
Identify and recruit potential volunteer workers.27.1%35.4%37.5%4.16assisted
Analyze revenue and program cost data to determine budget priorities.26.7%23.3%50.0%3.69exposed
Plan or conduct conferences dealing with the interpretation of religious ideas or convictions.26.7%23.3%50.0%2.88exposed
Analyze member participation or changes in congregational emphasis to determine needs for religious education.16.7%33.3%50.0%3.71assisted
Counsel individuals regarding interpersonal, health, financial, or religious problems.13.9%27.8%58.3%3.97untouched
Train and supervise religious education instructional staff.9.2%15.8%75.0%3.88untouched
Visit congregational members' homes or arrange for pastoral visits to provide information or resources regarding religious education programs.0.0%0.0%100.0%3.62untouched

Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.

Where the score comes from

judged

Every task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.

DimensionMeanScale
Capability2.300-4
Embodiment0.720-3
Presence1.600-3
Accountability0.920-3
Context2.060-3
Verification cost1.410-3

What this means in practice

Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.

Occupations either side of this one

The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.

Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.