Medium
Also called occultist, spiritist, channeller
Mediums act as communicators between the natural world and the spiritual world. They convey statements or images which they claim have been provided by spirits and that can have significant personal and often private meanings to their client.
What you'd do
Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers · ILO- Casting horoscopes of individuals at birth or later to recount past and forecast future events and conditions of their lives
- Interpreting characteristics of clients’ palms, samples of playing cards, position of tea leaves or coffee remnants in a cup, shapes and patterns of bones of dead animals, etc
- Forecasting future events on the basis of these interpretations
- Determining auspicious times for various human activities such as inaugurations, marriages, journeys and religious and other ceremonies
- Giving warnings and advice on possible courses of action
- Advising individuals on precautions to be taken to avoid evil influences
- Indoors
- Sitting most of the day
- Constant contact with people, including the public
- Good freedom to decide
- Often more than 40 hours a week
- Deadlines most weeks
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Average prospectsA typical number of jobs will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
Below averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €900 a month (Bulgaria) to €3,900 (Denmark), before tax.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.
Among service and sales workers in the EU, women earn 3% less per hour than men. Service and sales workers · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Upper secondary or vocationalUpper secondary or vocational training in religion and theology is the usual route.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.
Will AI change it?
LittleAI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.
Average task score 0.30 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 6 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).