pastoral worker
Pastoral workers support religious communities. They provide spiritual education and guidance and implement programmes such as charity works and religious rites. Pastoral workers also assist ministers and help participants in the religious community with social, cultural or emotional problems.
pastoral worker pastoral workers support religious communities. They provide spiritual education and guidance and implement programmes such as charity works and religious rites. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include provide charity services, build community relations, establish collaborative relations, perform religious ceremonies, provide spiritual counselling.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £30,087 a year for Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £26,107 to £34,682 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3229). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only pastoral worker, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does pastoral worker do?
Pastoral workers support religious communities. They provide spiritual education and guidance and implement programmes such as charity works and religious rites. Pastoral workers also assist ministers and help participants in the religious community with social, cultural or emotional problems.
What skills does pastoral worker need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include provide charity services, build community relations, establish collaborative relations, perform religious ceremonies, provide spiritual counselling, respond to enquiries. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace pastoral worker?
Our AI-durability model gives pastoral worker a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.