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Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors

Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors: demand is edging down in the US and edging down in Canada. The evidence, updated weekly.

United States: Edging down

Basis: weekly thinning, other holding. Community & Social Service job postings -4.8% year on year (Indeed Hiring Lab, data to Oct 30, 2026). BLS projected employment growth 2025–35: +2.9%. Median pay: US$64,330.

Canada: Edging down

Basis: weekly thinning, other holding. Community & Social Service job postings -11.4% year on year (Indeed Hiring Lab, data to Oct 30, 2026). Job Bank outlook score: +0.33 on a scale of −2 to +2.

US SOC 21-1012. Canada NOC 41320. Issue 1 (data to Oct 30, 2026). Sources: Indeed Hiring Lab job postings tracker (CC BY 4.0), BLS Employment Projections and OEWS, ESDC Job Bank, public company job boards. How ratings are built: method. Data files: /data.