Social Work Jobs in Dallas, TX

Government wage data for the broader DFW occupation family shows a $59,300 median, $63,640 mean, $46,980 at the 25th percentile, and $76,770 at the 75th percentile in 2025; a broader BLS community-and-social-service group mean was $30.60 per hour. Recent posted-pay signals are a bit higher, with local postings centered on about $61k to $80k or about $32 to $37 / hour, and Texas offered salaries on new openings averaging about $70,793 (n=633).

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Advertised pay

Across the 544 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $50,000 at the 25th percentile, $73,912 at the median and $87,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Dallas-Fort Worth is a workable but selective market for Social Services, Counseling & Community jobs right now. Metro nonfarm employment was up 0.9991% year-over-year in August 2026 and education and health services was up 0.5139%, but local unemployment was 4.4% and Texas occupation-specific postings were down 5.9% year-over-year even as employment in the field edged up 0.9% statewide. Local demand is broad enough to matter, with more than 250 recent postings across more than 125 companies, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer.

Best positioned: Candidates with hospital or behavioral-health case-management experience, strong documentation and crisis-intervention skills, and a license such as LCSW have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not treat this like a remote-first counseling market: about 85% of sampled openings are on-site, about 5% are hybrid, and about 5% are remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,254 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. PARS Therapy: 74 open roles
2. T2000: 56 open roles
3. Medical City Las Colinas: 54 open roles
4. Action Behavior Centers: 52 open roles
5. Medical City Healthcare: 45 open roles
6. KidsCare Home Health: 34 open roles
7. Upstream Rehabilitation Inc.: 34 open roles
8. Dallas Center United Methodist: 29 open roles
9. Peak Physical Therapy - Upstream: 26 open roles
10. Bswrehab: 23 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 257
• Fort Worth: 141
• Plano: 66
• Arlington: 58
• McKinney: 50
• Irving: 40
• Frisco: 37
• Denton: 36

Work arrangement

on-site 1,134 (94%), hybrid 43 (4%), remote 26 (2%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity is in healthcare-linked settings. In the local posting mix, healthcare accounts for about 40% of openings and hospitals and health care about 35%, far ahead of education, non-profit organizations, and home health care services at about 5% each. That matches the skill pattern employers ask for most often: case management at about 50%, crisis intervention at about 30%, and discharge planning, documentation, clinical documentation, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient assessment, and care coordination at about 15% each. That means Dallas-Fort Worth is less about generic nonprofit outreach than many job seekers expect. The most consistently active employers in the recent sample include Medical City Healthcare, SSWR, incorporated, Luminary Hospice, AOSW, Baylor Scott & White Health, LifePath Systems, and Dallas ISD, which points to a mix of hospital social work, hospice, community behavioral health, and school-linked support rather than one dominant lane. January 2026 student-mental-health policy changes in Texas also support school-based and youth-facing roles, while September service expansions at Prism Health North Texas and Texas Health Resources strengthen behavioral-health demand.

• Hospital and health-system case management (high): This is the clearest local volume center, backed by a posting mix that is about 75% healthcare plus hospitals and health care combined and by frequent requests for discharge planning, care coordination, patient assessment, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Behavioral-health programs and step-down care (high): Prism Health North Texas expanded behavioral-health services and is building a clinical team for planned IOP and PHP programs, while Texas Health Resources expanded its intensive outpatient program footprint and planned a virtual option.
• School-linked and youth-facing support (moderate): Dallas ISD appears among active employers, and Texas updated its student mental-health plan in January 2026 with required evidence-based mental-health training for school personnel.
• General nonprofit and community outreach work (limited): These roles exist, but they represent a smaller visible share of the current posting mix than healthcare-linked work, with non-profit organizations at about 5%.

Where to focus: If you want the best odds in the next 90 days, focus first on hospital, hospice, and behavioral-health program roles that explicitly mention case management, crisis intervention, discharge planning, or care coordination.

Roles worth searching next

• Utilization review specialist: It uses the same documentation, payer, discharge-planning, and care-coordination instincts that show up in this market.
• Patient access or intake coordinator: It is a practical bridge for candidates with outreach, triage, scheduling, referral, or front-door assessment experience.
• Student success advisor: Counseling, retention, crisis triage, and resource-navigation skills transfer well into higher-education support roles.
• Grants and compliance coordinator: Program managers and nonprofit staff can pivot by emphasizing documentation, reporting, outcomes tracking, and service-delivery operations.

What postings ask for

• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most requested hard skill in local postings at about 50%, so it is the clearest baseline signal for employers across hospitals, community programs, and hospice. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level and career-switching applicants.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): About 30% of local postings ask for crisis intervention, making it one of the fastest ways to look relevant for behavioral-health, ER, youth, and community-facing roles. Who: Candidates targeting behavioral health, school support, youth work, or acute-care settings.
• Discharge planning and care coordination (differentiator | immediate): Both skills show up repeatedly in the local sample, and they map directly to the biggest local employer segment: healthcare and hospital-based openings. Who: Mid-career applicants and career switchers coming from healthcare support or utilization environments.
• Clinical documentation and case-management software (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation appears often in local postings, and modern cloud-based case-management software is becoming essential for human-services organizations. Who: Everyone, but especially applicants who want to compete in hospitals, community agencies, or multi-site nonprofits.
• LCSW (premium | near-term): LCSW is among the most frequently required certifications in the local sample, appearing in about 10% of postings that listed certifications. Who: Licensed or license-eligible social workers aiming for stronger pay, hospital settings, or more selective counseling-adjacent roles.
• CPR certification (table_stakes | immediate): CPR certification appears in about 10% of local postings that listed certifications, which makes it a low-cost screen-clearer for client-facing roles. Who: Entry-level applicants and anyone targeting residential, youth, school, hospice, or community-facing work.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Government wage data for the broader DFW occupation family shows a $59,300 median, $63,640 mean, $46,980 at the 25th percentile, and $76,770 at the 75th percentile in 2025; a broader BLS community-and-social-service group mean was $30.60 per hour. Recent posted-pay signals are a bit higher, with local postings centered on about $61k to $80k or about $32 to $37 / hour, and Texas offered salaries on new openings averaging about $70,793 (n=633). This is a solid middle-income field in DFW, but not a premium-pay field overall: the broad group's $30.60 hourly mean sits below the metro all-occupations mean of $33.96.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX concentrated?

Most real opportunity is in healthcare-linked settings. In the local posting mix, healthcare accounts for about 40% of openings and hospitals and health care about 35%, far ahead of education, non-profit organizations, and home health care services at about 5% each. That matches the skill pattern employers ask for most often: case management at about 50%, crisis intervention at about 30%, and discharge planning, documentation, clinical documentation, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient assessment, and care coordination at about 15% each. That means Dallas-Fort Worth is less about generic nonprofit outreach than many job seekers expect. The most consistently active employers in the recent sample include Medical City Healthcare, SSWR, incorporated, Luminary Hospice, AOSW, Baylor Scott & White Health, LifePath Systems, and Dallas ISD, which points to a mix of hospital social work, hospice, community behavioral health, and school-linked support rather than one dominant lane. January 2026 student-mental-health policy changes in Texas also support school-based and youth-facing roles, while September service expansions at Prism Health North Texas and Texas Health Resources strengthen behavioral-health demand.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Medical City Healthcare (15 postings), SSWR, incorporated (10 postings), Luminary Hospice (10 postings), AOSW (5 postings), Baylor Scott & White Health (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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