Also called: Interfaith Airport Chaplain, Airport Ministry Coordinator
Comforts stranded travelers, grieving families and airport workers inside busy airports, often from an interfaith chapel.
You start in the terminal chapel, then walk the concourses to check on workers. When a family learns mid-trip that a relative died, staff call you to sit with them, help them rebook, and pray if they want.
Estimated; many airport chaplains are part-time or paid by faith groups.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 7 years after high school. Usually a divinity degree plus chaplaincy training (CPE).
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Divinity, Religious Studies, Psychology.
Growing slowly. Small field; a few dozen US airports have chaplaincies.
Low risk for 10 years. Comforting people in crisis is human work AI cannot replace.
Classes: Psychology, World religions, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-2011.
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