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Market evidence report — pastoral-worker
Source: 37 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 35, gb 2), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 26 | 70 % |
| n/a | 8 | 22 % |
| junior | 2 | 5 % |
| lead | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pastoral care | 19 | 51 % |
| 2 | counseling | 6 | 16 % |
| 3 | program development | 5 | 14 % |
| 4 | spiritual assessment | 5 | 14 % |
| 5 | budget administration | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | community outreach | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | lifelong faith formation program management | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | pastoral counseling | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | program facilitation | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | religious education program management | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | sacramental preparation | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | spiritual care | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | teaching | 3 | 8 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clinical pastoral education (CPE) | 4 | 11 % |
| 2 | catechesis of the good shepherd | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | growing in faith together | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | special needs program | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | the way (ccd) | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | whole community catechesis | 3 | 8 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pastoral care provision | 4 | 11 % |
| 2 | leadership | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | patient support | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | program oversight | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | staff collaboration | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 37 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
35 ads.
Top hard skills:
- pastoral care — 54 % (19 ads)
- counseling — 17 % (6 ads)
- program development — 14 % (5 ads)
- spiritual assessment — 14 % (5 ads)
- budget administration — 9 % (3 ads)
- community outreach — 9 % (3 ads)
- lifelong faith formation program management — 9 % (3 ads)
- pastoral counseling — 9 % (3 ads)
- program facilitation — 9 % (3 ads)
- religious education program management — 9 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 69 % · n/a 23 % · junior 6 % · lead 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 2 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Pastoral Care Associate | 3 |
| PT Pastoral Associate Long Faith Formation St Andrews Apostle | 3 |
| Assistant Director-Pastoral Ministry | 1 |
| Assistant Pastor of Discipleship and Congregational Care | 1 |
| Associate Pastor | 1 |
| Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care and Community Ministries | 1 |
| Catholic Administrative Pastoral Life Coordinator | 1 |
| Chaplain certified Hourly | 1 |
| Chaplain, Pastoral Care | 1 |
| Correctional Chaplain - Pastoral Leader | 1 |
| Director of Campus Pastoral Care & Student Support | 1 |
| Director of Pastoral Care | 1 |
| Hospice Pastoral Counselor | 1 |
| Hospital Chaplain - Spiritual Care & Family Support | 1 |
| Interfaith Resident Chaplain – Clinical Pastoral Care | 1 |
| Lead Pastor: Biblical Teaching & Discipleship | 1 |
| Manager, Pastoral Care | 1 |
| Part-time Associate Pastor Congregational and Care | 1 |
| Pastoral Assistant for Liturgy and Pastoral Care | 1 |
| Pastoral Assistant Music - Salary | 1 |
| Pastoral Care & Parish Support Coordinator | 1 |
| Pastoral Care Chaplain - Inmate & Ministry | 1 |
| Pastoral Care Coordinator - Part-Time, Patient | 1 |
| Pastoral Care Intern | 1 |
| Pastoral Care Intern - Summer ; On-Site | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.