1,500+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Dallas, TX

Observed local government wage data says community and social service occupations averaged $30.49 an hour in Dallas-Fort Worth in May 2025, while all occupations in the metro averaged $33.96. Within the category, substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors had a $58,340 median annual wage in the metro, while social and community service managers averaged $88,040. Directional current-market signals are somewhat higher: local posted salary ranges center on about $63k to $88k, hourly postings center on about $25 to $35 / hour, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the Texas mean offered salary on new openings at about $70,209 in August 2026 (n=933).

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 691 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $62,483 at the 25th percentile, $85,800 at the median and $94,442 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Dallas-Fort Worth is still a real market for social services and community roles, but it is not an easy one for generic applicants. Community and social service occupations are more concentrated locally than nationally, at 1.7% of metro employment versus 0.9% nationwide, and local hiring is fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one system. But metro unemployment was 4.6% in July 2026, up 9.5238% year over year, and a Dallas VA senior social worker posting closed after 50 applications, which points to heavier competition than the opening count alone suggests. Most sampled openings are on-site and healthcare-led, so candidates who fit hospital, hospice, health-plan, school, or community behavioral-health workflows have better odds than remote-first generalists.

Best positioned: An on-site mid-career candidate with case management, crisis intervention, and documentation experience, plus bilingual Spanish or LCSW-level credibility, has the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming this is a broad remote market; about 85% of sampled postings are on-site and only about 5% are remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,623 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Dallas Center United Methodist: 95 open roles
2. Medical City Healthcare: 65 open roles
3. Bswrehab: 56 open roles
4. PARS Therapy: 47 open roles
5. North Texas Therapy: 45 open roles
6. Action Behavior Centers: 38 open roles
7. Upstream Rehabilitation Inc.: 38 open roles
8. Peak Physical Therapy - Upstream: 29 open roles
9. KidsCare Home Health: 28 open roles
10. Medical City Las Colinas: 28 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 369
• Fort Worth: 174
• Plano: 70
• Arlington: 68
• Irving: 65
• Denton: 62
• McKinney: 59
• Frisco: 47

Work arrangement

on-site 1,488 (94%), hybrid 58 (4%), remote 35 (2%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated less in standalone nonprofits than in healthcare systems and other care-delivery settings. In the local posting sample, about 65% of openings sit in healthcare, with smaller shares in social services and education at about 10% each. That lines up with repeatedly active employers such as Medical City Healthcare, Baylor Scott & White Health LLC, Parkland Community Health Plan, Luminary Hospice, and Dallas ISD. UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas ISD also show up as major institutional career-track employers in the metro. The second important feature is fragmentation. Hiring is spread across many employers rather than dominated by one system, and the sample explicitly describes the market as fragmented. That is good news if you are willing to work across hospitals, school districts, hospice, public agencies, and community behavioral-health providers such as Metrocare Services and Prism Health North Texas. It also means you should run a broad, organized application pipeline instead of waiting for one marquee employer.

• Healthcare systems, hospitals, hospice, and health plans (high): This is the core of the market: about 65% of local postings are in healthcare, and the most active employers include Medical City Healthcare, Baylor Scott & White Health LLC, Parkland Community Health Plan, and Luminary Hospice.
• School districts and education-adjacent family support (moderate): Education accounts for about 10% of the local posting mix, and Dallas ISD appears both as a prominent institutional employer and as one of the most consistently active hirers in the recent sample.
• Community behavioral health, nonprofit, and public-service providers (moderate): Social services account for about 10% of sampled postings, while Metrocare Services operates at large local scale and Prism Health North Texas is recruiting specialized behavioral-health talent tied to specific populations.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site healthcare and health-plan openings that emphasize case management, crisis work, discharge planning, and patient advocacy, then add Dallas ISD and community behavioral-health employers as your second wave.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient Access Representative: Healthcare employers dominate local demand, and the same on-site settings value documentation, patient advocacy, and intake discipline.
• Utilization Review or Prior Authorization Coordinator: The overlap is strongest for candidates with patient assessment, care planning, clinical documentation, and discharge-related experience.
• Student Services Coordinator or Family Liaison: Dallas ISD is a recurring employer signal, and education makes up about 10% of the local posting mix.
• Claims or Member Services Specialist at a Health Plan: Health-plan employers such as Parkland Community Health Plan show up in the market, and documentation plus patient advocacy skills transfer well.

What postings ask for

• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the clearest baseline skill in the local market, appearing in about 50% of sampled postings. Who: Everyone in the field, especially early-career applicants.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): It appears in about 30% of postings and helps separate applicants who can work in higher-acuity settings from those with only general support experience. Who: Case managers, counselors, school-support applicants, and career switchers with de-escalation experience.
• Documentation and clinical documentation (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation shows up in about 15% of postings, and clinical documentation appears in about 15%, which tells you employers are screening for operational reliability, not just empathy. Who: All applicants, especially anyone coming from nonprofit, customer service, or volunteer-heavy backgrounds.
• Discharge planning, patient assessment, and care planning (differentiator | immediate): These skills recur in local postings and map directly to the healthcare-heavy mix of the Dallas market. Who: Mid-career social workers, hospital-based applicants, and anyone targeting hospice or health-plan roles.
• Bilingual Spanish (premium | immediate): Texas-side role guidance flags bilingual Spanish as a talent differentiator, and a current Dallas behavioral-health posting explicitly calls Spanish highly desirable. Who: Anyone who can work with diverse client populations and wants faster traction in behavioral health, school, or community settings.
• LCSW (premium | near-term): Local postings mention licensed clinical social worker requirements, and Texas market guidance points to advanced clinical licensure as a differentiator in hospital and school-network hiring. Who: Mid-career professionals who already have the supervision path or want access to higher-barrier roles.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local government wage data says community and social service occupations averaged $30.49 an hour in Dallas-Fort Worth in May 2025, while all occupations in the metro averaged $33.96. Within the category, substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors had a $58,340 median annual wage in the metro, while social and community service managers averaged $88,040. Directional current-market signals are somewhat higher: local posted salary ranges center on about $63k to $88k, hourly postings center on about $25 to $35 / hour, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the Texas mean offered salary on new openings at about $70,209 in August 2026 (n=933). This is a market where pay can be decent, but the typical frontline role is not especially rich by Dallas standards. The metro cost-of-living index is 99.4, roughly in line with the national baseline, so mid-$50k to low-$70k pay can be workable, but the category's average hourly wage still trails the metrowide average.

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

Real opportunity is concentrated less in standalone nonprofits than in healthcare systems and other care-delivery settings. In the local posting sample, about 65% of openings sit in healthcare, with smaller shares in social services and education at about 10% each. That lines up with repeatedly active employers such as Medical City Healthcare, Baylor Scott & White Health LLC, Parkland Community Health Plan, Luminary Hospice, and Dallas ISD. UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas ISD also show up as major institutional career-track employers in the metro. The second important feature is fragmentation. Hiring is spread across many employers rather than dominated by one system, and the sample explicitly describes the market as fragmented. That is good news if you are willing to work across hospitals, school districts, hospice, public agencies, and community behavioral-health providers such as Metrocare Services and Prism Health North Texas. It also means you should run a broad, organized application pipeline instead of waiting for one marquee employer.

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 (10 postings), Frontpoint (10 postings), Baylor Scott & White Health LLC (10 postings), Dallas ISD (10 postings), Luminary Hospice (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 10% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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