Answers about changing careers, what each plan costs, where the data comes from, and how the estimates work.
The right path depends on your current skills and experience, your income goals and your timeline. SmartRolePath asks about those, then ranks 7 career and business paths by Personal Match, all included in your free analysis. Personal Match is a measure of fit, not a hiring probability.
It depends on how different the target role is from your current one. Lateral moves within the same field can take 3 to 6 months. Moving into a new industry usually takes 1 to 2 years of deliberate skill building, networking and positioning. Each path in your analysis comes with a month by month roadmap and a timeline estimate for your starting point.
Often, yes. Many transitions rely on targeted certifications, portfolio projects and transferable skills rather than a new degree. Your analysis shows which skills and credentials a target role asks for, so you can see what you would need to add before you commit to any training.
Many people change careers later in life. SmartRolePath starts from the skills and experience you already have, shows which paths may fit and what you would need to build, and lays out a month by month roadmap. It cannot promise a particular role, salary or outcome.
Yes, to start. The free plan needs no credit card and includes 1 career analysis with all 7 ranked career and business paths, a Personal Match for each, a summary AI-estimated income range on each career path, and 1 free roadmap (Phase 1 in full, plus a preview of Phase 2). The remaining phases unlock with Pro, or with a one-time Career Report for that path.
A Career Report for one career path is $7.95 one time, with no subscription. A Career Report covers one path from an analysis you already have; it does not add another analysis. If you upgrade to Pro within 30 days, the $7.95 is credited toward Pro at checkout.
Pro is $19.95 a month or $149 a year. It includes 10 new career analyses every month, roadmaps for every path, skills gap analysis, income projections and current job listings. You can cancel anytime and keep access until the end of your billing period.
A career coach works with you by the hour or session and shares advice based on their own experience. SmartRolePath uses Claude, Anthropic's AI model, guided by a scoring framework built in-house, to analyze your skills, experience and goals. It is available immediately, starting free, with a full report for one path at $7.95.
Salary figures are AI estimates for your profile and location, not figures retrieved from a live database, unless a figure is labeled as official BLS data. Where an official U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage is available for a U.S. path, it is shown separately with its source and period. Cross-check against BLS for high stakes decisions.
SmartRolePath keeps three things separate. Official data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET is labeled as such and applies to U.S. analyses. SmartRolePath's own estimates, including Personal Match and any AI-estimated salary, are labeled as estimates. Current job listings come from job-board APIs and are separate from official labor statistics. SmartRolePath is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, BLS or O*NET.
Claude, Anthropic's AI model, applies a scoring framework built in-house to your skills, years of experience, interests and goals. The framework weighs five factors: market demand, income potential, skill fit, transition speed and automation safety. For eligible U.S. analyses, the Overall Recommendation refines the Personal Match with a limited amount of verified labor market data.
SmartRolePath analyzes your skills, experience and goals and returns 7 ranked career and business paths, each with a Personal Match, an AI-estimated income range and a month by month roadmap. There are also free tools for career discovery and for the first 30 days after a layoff.