300+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Columbus, OH

Government data puts Columbus community and social service pay at a $29.19 mean hourly wage in May 2025, with a $58,460 local median annual wage and a $60,720 local mean annual wage for the broader occupation family in 2025. Recent local postings center on about $60k to $78k, and Ohio new-opening offered pay for this occupation family averaged about $63,556 in September 2026 based on a smaller sample of 338 postings.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 157 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $54,842 at the 25th percentile, $72,800 at the median and $92,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 16, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Columbus is a workable market for Social Services, Counseling & Community job seekers, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, while the local posting mix is concentrated in hospitals, health care, and mental health settings rather than broad nonprofit-only hiring. Ohio occupation-level employment in this field was up 1.5% year-over-year in September 2026, but Ohio postings were down 1.1% and Columbus Education and Health Services employment was down -1.3764% year-over-year, which points to steady need but selective openings. Expect the best traction if you can show licensure or strong case-management, crisis, and documentation depth; expect a harder search if you are entry-level, remote-only, or need sponsorship.

Best positioned: Licensed or license-eligible candidates with hospital, behavioral-health, or care-coordination experience in case management, crisis intervention, and documentation have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume this is mainly a nonprofit market: about 70% of the recent local posting mix sits in hospitals and health care, and about 75% of roles are on-site.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 333 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc: 17 open roles
2. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center: 17 open roles
3. Broad River Rehab: 15 open roles
4. Novacare: 15 open roles
5. Miami County Ohio: 14 open roles
6. Buckeye Ranch: 11 open roles
7. Compassus: 11 open roles
8. Ohio State University: 9 open roles
9. Upstream Rehabilitation Inc.: 8 open roles
10. OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Columbus: 189
• Westerville: 20
• Grove City: 16
• Delaware: 10
• Whitehall: 9
• Gahanna: 8
• Dublin: 8
• Hilliard: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 288 (89%), hybrid 19 (6%), remote 16 (5%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity in Columbus is clustered inside healthcare-linked settings, not just traditional nonprofits. In the recent local posting sample, hospitals and health care account for about 35% of roles, healthcare another about 35%, mental health care about 10%, and education and nonprofit organizations about 5% each. The most consistently active employers include Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc, Trinity Health, Concerto Renal Services, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Mount Carmel Health System, Brave Health, Inc., and National Church Residences. That concentration shows up in the skill mix. The most-requested skills are case management, crisis intervention, clinical documentation, patient advocacy, patient education, discharge planning, and treatment planning, which is a strong sign that Columbus rewards care-coordination and acuity-handling more than generic outreach experience alone. New Franklin County recovery funding also points to near-term demand pockets in substance-use support, kinship-care case management, peer recovery, and justice-involved reentry services, although most announcements did not publish exact hiring plans.

• Hospital and health-system care coordination (high): This is the center of gravity for the market, with much of the posting mix sitting in hospitals and health care and skills tied to discharge planning, documentation, advocacy, and case management.
• Behavioral health, substance-use, and recovery services (moderate): Mental health care is a smaller but meaningful slice of the local mix, and new Franklin County recovery grants add momentum in detox, peer support, and opioid-related family services.
• Community nonprofit and family-support programs (moderate): These roles exist, but they are a smaller share of the visible market and may hire more episodically than large health systems.

Where to focus: If you want the fastest path to interviews, target hospital and behavioral-health employers first, and present yourself as a case-management and documentation performer rather than a general helper.

Roles worth searching next

• Social and community service manager: It is a natural next step if you already supervise staff, run programs, or manage grants and budgets.
• Patient navigator or care coordinator: The local market strongly rewards advocacy, documentation, discharge planning, and client education, all of which transfer well.
• Behavioral health intake coordinator: It lets you use assessment, referral, crisis-triage, and client communication skills without needing the full scope of a therapy role.
• Program operations coordinator in a nonprofit or human-services agency: It fits candidates who like service delivery but also want more ownership of scheduling, reporting, compliance, and grant execution.

What postings ask for

• LSW (table_stakes | immediate): Licensed social worker credentials were the most commonly named local certification, appearing in about 10% of postings that specified a certification. Who: Social work graduates, case managers, and anyone trying to move from broad support work into better-screened roles.
• LPC (differentiator | immediate): LPC appeared in about 5% of local postings that specified certifications, which makes it a useful filter-breaker for counselor-leaning openings. Who: Candidates aiming at counseling-heavy or behavioral-health programs rather than generalist case management.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It was the most-requested hard skill in the local sample, appearing in about 45% of postings. Who: Entry-level, mid-career, and switcher candidates alike.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): Crisis intervention showed up in about 30% of local postings, signaling value in ED, behavioral-health, and high-acuity client populations. Who: Anyone targeting hospitals, youth services, behavioral health, or justice-involved populations.
• Clinical documentation (differentiator | immediate): Clinical documentation appeared in about 20% of postings, which fits a market dominated by healthcare-linked employers. Who: Career switchers and community-based candidates who need to prove they can operate in regulated settings.
• Discharge planning and treatment planning (premium | near-term): Discharge planning and treatment planning each appeared in about 15% of postings, pointing to a strong hospital and transitions-of-care niche. Who: Mid-career candidates seeking stronger pay and faster placement in medical or behavioral-health systems.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Columbus, OH?

Government data puts Columbus community and social service pay at a $29.19 mean hourly wage in May 2025, with a $58,460 local median annual wage and a $60,720 local mean annual wage for the broader occupation family in 2025. Recent local postings center on about $60k to $78k, and Ohio new-opening offered pay for this occupation family averaged about $63,556 in September 2026 based on a smaller sample of 338 postings. This is decent but not standout pay for Columbus. The local mean hourly wage was below the U.S. occupation-group mean of $30.49, so your leverage is more likely to come from license scope, healthcare setting, and supervisory responsibility than from the city alone.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Columbus, OH concentrated?

Most real opportunity in Columbus is clustered inside healthcare-linked settings, not just traditional nonprofits. In the recent local posting sample, hospitals and health care account for about 35% of roles, healthcare another about 35%, mental health care about 10%, and education and nonprofit organizations about 5% each. The most consistently active employers include Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc, Trinity Health, Concerto Renal Services, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Mount Carmel Health System, Brave Health, Inc., and National Church Residences. That concentration shows up in the skill mix. The most-requested skills are case management, crisis intervention, clinical documentation, patient advocacy, patient education, discharge planning, and treatment planning, which is a strong sign that Columbus rewards care-coordination and acuity-handling more than generic outreach experience alone. New Franklin County recovery funding also points to near-term demand pockets in substance-use support, kinship-care case management, peer recovery, and justice-involved reentry services, although most announcements did not publish exact hiring plans.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Columbus, OH?

Recent postings show the most activity from Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc (5 postings), Trinity Health (5 postings), Concerto Renal Services (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Columbus, OH be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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