400+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Austin, TX

Observed local wage data is narrower than the whole category: child, family, and school social workers in the metro show a $53,370 median, with the 25th percentile at $46,290 and the 75th percentile at $62,250. Fresh live postings can run higher for selected roles: Texas HHSC's Austin Program Specialist V lists $4,523.16-$7,253.83 per month, and posted salary ranges across the broader local sample center on about $67k to $81k, with a broader band of about $46k to $95k.

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Advertised pay

Across the 199 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $48,880 at the 25th percentile, $76,000 at the median and $90,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 7, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Austin is still a workable market for this field, but only if you target the segments that are actually hiring. We observed more than 125 postings across more than 75 companies in the last 90 days, with live local demand from Texas HHSC in Austin and Bluebonnet Trails in Round Rock. The catch is that the market is selective: Austin metro unemployment reached 4.1% in June 2026 and was up 17.1429% year-over-year, while Texas-wide postings for this occupation family were down 3.2% year-over-year even as employment rose 1.4%. Your best odds are in on-site healthcare, crisis-response, and public-program casework rather than remote-first counseling searches.

Best positioned: Candidates with case management, crisis intervention, care coordination, and documentation experience, plus Texas social-work licensure or a clear path toward it, have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume the broader posted salary bands represent typical pay for every community role; official metro wage data for child, family, and school social workers runs lower than the broader ad sample because the sample includes more healthcare-heavy and higher-barrier roles.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 447 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. St. David's: 24 open roles
2. Action Behavior Centers: 21 open roles
3. TexPTS: 13 open roles
4. Ascension: 11 open roles
5. ATI Physical Therapy, Inc.: 11 open roles
6. Confluent Health LLC: 10 open roles
7. HCA Healthcare: 9 open roles
8. Flagship Therapy: 8 open roles
9. Thriveworks: 8 open roles
10. Capitolhomehealthcare: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Austin: 269
• Round Rock: 65
• Cedar Park: 24
• Kyle: 21
• Pflugerville: 15
• Lakeway: 11
• Leander: 8
• Manor: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 386 (88%), hybrid 35 (8%), remote 17 (4%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunities are not spread evenly across the category. In the recent local sample, we observed more than 125 postings across more than 75 companies, and the employer mix was fragmented rather than dominated by one system. The industry mix is heavily tilted toward healthcare: about 70% of postings were tagged to healthcare, with additional smaller shares in hospitals and health care, health care services and hospitals, social services, and education. That means the market is less about generic nonprofit outreach and more about structured, documentation-heavy client service inside care systems. The most consistently active names in the sample include Bbtrails, Silverado, Ascension, Central Health, LifeStance Health Inc., Leander ISD, and Endeavors Unlimited Inc. Fresh direct signals reinforce three practical lanes: public-program and benefits operations at Texas HHSC in Austin, crisis and behavioral-health staffing around Bluebonnet Trails in Round Rock, and school or academic-adjacent activity around Leander ISD and Texas State's Round Rock campus. Remote-first searching is a weak tactic here. About 80% of local postings are on-site, about 15% are hybrid, and only about 5% are remote.

• Healthcare and hospital-linked support (high): This is the biggest pool of openings by far, driven by case management, care coordination, patient advocacy, discharge planning, hospice-related work, and interdisciplinary collaboration inside healthcare settings.
• Public programs and benefits operations (moderate): Texas HHSC's Austin opening points to ongoing demand for access, eligibility, integrity, and program-support work that values regulated workflow experience as much as counseling credentials.
• Community mental-health and crisis services (high): Bluebonnet Trails' active recruiting presence and 24/7 crisis line make crisis-response and behavioral-health support a live local lane, especially for candidates with urgent-care or de-escalation stories.
• Education-linked support roles (moderate): Leander ISD appears in the active employer mix, and Texas State's Round Rock campus is recruiting around counseling-related programs, but these openings look narrower and more specialized than the healthcare lane.

Where to focus: If you need the fastest path to interviews, focus first on on-site healthcare and public-program roles where you can prove case management, crisis handling, documentation, and care-coordination outcomes.

Roles worth searching next

• Program Specialist / Eligibility Specialist: This is the clearest bridge role in the local evidence because Texas HHSC is hiring in Austin for community-and-social-services-adjacent program work tied to access and eligibility operations.
• Patient Access / Care Navigation Coordinator: Local demand is heavily healthcare-based, and the most common skills overlap with care coordination, patient advocacy, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary work.
• Nonprofit Operations / Program Coordinator: Community-service employers are still posting adjacent human-services work, including a recent San Marcos nonprofit opening at Hays County Food Bank.
• Student Support / Academic Advising Coordinator: Counseling-related hiring activity at Texas State's Round Rock campus suggests education-linked support roles remain a practical neighboring lane.

What postings ask for

• LMSW / LCSW (premium | immediate): LCSW and LMSW are the most frequently named credentials in the local sample, and the stronger-paying healthcare-heavy openings are more likely to sit behind licensure filters. Who: Mid-career social workers, supervised candidates, and anyone targeting hospital, hospice, behavioral-health, or senior casework roles.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): Case management is the most-requested hard skill in the local postings, showing up in about 40% of the sample. Who: Everyone in scope, especially entry-level and career-switching applicants.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): Crisis intervention appears in about 25% of local postings, and Bluebonnet Trails' 24/7 crisis services signal that urgent-response capability is active in the metro. Who: Behavioral-health applicants, community mental-health staff, and anyone pursuing high-acuity client-facing roles.
• Care coordination and patient advocacy (differentiator | immediate): These skills show up repeatedly in the local sample and map directly to the healthcare-heavy employer mix in Austin. Who: Candidates targeting hospitals, health systems, rehab, hospice, or transition-of-care roles.
• Documentation and regulated workflow (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration are all explicit local requirements, and public-program roles add process and integrity expectations on top. Who: Career switchers and newer applicants who need to prove they can work inside structured systems.
• Access and eligibility operations (differentiator | immediate): The live Austin HHSC role is tied to access, eligibility, and integrity support, which makes benefits workflow a real local sub-market rather than a side niche. Who: Applicants with public-sector, Medicaid, benefits, intake, or verification experience.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Observed local wage data is narrower than the whole category: child, family, and school social workers in the metro show a $53,370 median, with the 25th percentile at $46,290 and the 75th percentile at $62,250. Fresh live postings can run higher for selected roles: Texas HHSC's Austin Program Specialist V lists $4,523.16-$7,253.83 per month, and posted salary ranges across the broader local sample center on about $67k to $81k, with a broader band of about $46k to $95k. In plain English, Austin can pay decently once you reach healthcare-heavy, licensed, or program-specialist tracks, but the floor is still modest for traditional social-work titles.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX concentrated?

Real opportunities are not spread evenly across the category. In the recent local sample, we observed more than 125 postings across more than 75 companies, and the employer mix was fragmented rather than dominated by one system. The industry mix is heavily tilted toward healthcare: about 70% of postings were tagged to healthcare, with additional smaller shares in hospitals and health care, health care services and hospitals, social services, and education. That means the market is less about generic nonprofit outreach and more about structured, documentation-heavy client service inside care systems. The most consistently active names in the sample include Bbtrails, Silverado, Ascension, Central Health, LifeStance Health Inc., Leander ISD, and Endeavors Unlimited Inc. Fresh direct signals reinforce three practical lanes: public-program and benefits operations at Texas HHSC in Austin, crisis and behavioral-health staffing around Bluebonnet Trails in Round Rock, and school or academic-adjacent activity around Leander ISD and Texas State's Round Rock campus. Remote-first searching is a weak tactic here. About 80% of local postings are on-site, about 15% are hybrid, and only about 5% are remote.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Bbtrails (10 postings), Silverado (5 postings), Ascension (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 80% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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