Youth Mentor
Impact: Social
Provides guidance, support, and positive role modeling to young individuals, helping them develop life skills, achieve personal goals, and navigate challenges.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Occasional local travel
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $48,000
- Entry-level
- $35,000
- Senior
- $65,000
- Growth by 2033
- 10%
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- Medium
- Typical student debt
- $25,000 - $50,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Counseling
- Program Development
- Crisis Intervention
- Youth Development Principles
- Record Keeping
Soft skills
- Empathy
- Communication
- Active Listening
- Problem-solving
- Patience
Technical complexity: Low
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Lead Mentor, Program Coordinator, Social Worker, Educational Counselor
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Low
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- High