Social Work Jobs in Denver, CO

Government wage benchmarks for Denver put the occupation family at $62,420 median and $68,910 mean annually, while community and social service occupations averaged $33.13 per hour in May 2025. Newer directional signals are somewhat higher: the Callings.ai job database shows posted salaries centered on about $72k to $88k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics put Colorado's mean offered salary on new openings at about $75,670 in September 2026.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 565 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $72,700 at the 25th percentile, $90,000 at the median and $105,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Denver is a workable but selective market for Social Services, Counseling & Community over the next 3-6 months. The demand side is still supported by local and statewide signals: Denver education and health services employment was 227.7 thousand in August 2026, up 2.8455% year over year, while Colorado Social Services, Counseling & Community employment and active postings were up 0.7% and 1.2% year over year in September. The friction is competition: Denver metro unemployment rose to 4.6% in August 2026, up 21.0526% year over year, and most sampled roles are on-site rather than remote. Net: the market is best for candidates who already fit the dominant workflows and employer types, and tougher for people waiting for remote, generalist, or license-optional openings.

Best positioned: Candidates with LCSW or LPC status, or strong case management and crisis intervention experience for hospital, behavioral-health, and nonprofit settings, have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume this is a remote-friendly generalist market: about 85% of sampled roles are on-site, and license-linked screening shows up often enough to filter out loosely matched applicants.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 626 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. HCA HealthONE: 33 open roles
2. Life Care Centers of America: 20 open roles
3. PAM Health: 12 open roles
4. AdventHealth: 11 open roles
5. Care Options for Kids: 11 open roles
6. UC Health: 11 open roles
7. Denver International: 10 open roles
8. Family Care Center: 10 open roles
9. Legacy Healthcare Services, Inc.: 10 open roles
10. Select Physical Therapy: 10 open roles

Where the openings are

• Denver: 202
• Aurora: 78
• Lakewood: 35
• Westminster: 35
• Boulder: 29
• Littleton: 24
• Englewood: 22
• Thornton: 22

Work arrangement

on-site 534 (88%), hybrid 57 (9%), remote 15 (2%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is not evenly spread across this category. In the recent Denver sample, hospitals and health care accounted for about 30% of postings, healthcare for about 25%, non-profit organizations about 20%, education about 10%, and mental health care about 10%. That mix matches the broader local backdrop: Denver education and health services employment reached 227.7 thousand in August 2026 and was up 2.8455% year over year. The named employer mix also points to two practical lanes: institutional care settings and mission-driven nonprofits. The most consistently active employers in the sample were Colorado Coalition, HCA HealthONE, THE LINCOLN CENTER FOR FAMILY AND YOUTH, and Shiloh House, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one giant system. For job seekers, that usually means more shots on goal if you target several employer types instead of waiting on one hospital, one school district, or one county opening.

• Hospital and health-system support roles (high): This is the clearest demand pocket: hospitals and health care plus healthcare make up about 55% of sampled postings, and the recurring skill pattern includes case management, crisis intervention, care planning, discharge planning, and documentation.
• Nonprofit housing, family, and youth services (moderate): Colorado Coalition, THE LINCOLN CENTER FOR FAMILY AND YOUTH, and Shiloh House show that community-based, family, youth, and housing-linked employers are active too.
• Education-linked support roles (limited): Education accounts for about 10% of the recent posting mix, so these roles exist but form a smaller lane than healthcare and nonprofit direct service.

Where to focus: If you want the best odds in the next 90 days, focus first on health-system and behavioral-health employers, then add nonprofit family, youth, and housing organizations as your second lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient navigator / care transitions coordinator: This is a strong bridge for applicants whose best evidence is case management, discharge planning, and documentation, all of which show up heavily in local demand signals.
• Behavioral health intake or admissions coordinator: Denver's recent behavioral-health expansion and cross-system coordination activity favor people who can screen, triage, document, and route clients rather than provide full ongoing counseling.
• Benefits eligibility specialist / human services technician: This path fits candidates whose strengths are documentation, resource connection, client triage, and policy-guided case handling.
• Medical records or utilization review coordinator: This is a realistic pivot for people whose strongest value is documentation accuracy, care-planning support, and regulated workflow discipline rather than ongoing counseling.

What postings ask for

• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It was the most common hard skill in local postings, appearing in about 45% of the sample. Who: Everyone applying to direct-service, care-coordination, or community-support roles.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): It showed up in about 40% of local postings, which makes it one of the clearest separators between generalist applicants and strong shortlists. Who: Entry-level candidates with hotline, shelter, youth, ED, or behavioral-health exposure and mid-career candidates moving into higher-acuity work.
• Documentation and clinical documentation (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation appeared in about 20% of local postings and clinical documentation in about 10%, signaling that accurate records are a core hiring screen, not back-office trivia. Who: Anyone coming from nonprofit, healthcare, or government settings where case notes, referrals, and compliance records matter.
• LCSW (premium | near-term): LCSW was one of the most frequently named credentials in local postings, appearing in about 10% of the sample. Who: Mid-career social workers and license-track candidates who want stronger access to hospital, behavioral-health, and higher-paying roles.
• LPC (differentiator | near-term): LPC appeared in about 5% of sampled local postings, which is enough to matter when you are competing for counseling-heavy roles. Who: Counseling-focused applicants and career switchers already committed to a counseling path.
• Colorado driver's license, BLS, and CPR (table_stakes | immediate): A Colorado driver's license, BLS, and CPR each appeared in about 5% of local postings, usually as access credentials for mobile, community-based, or health-linked roles. Who: Entry-level applicants, outreach workers, home-visit staff, and anyone targeting hospital-adjacent employers.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

Government wage benchmarks for Denver put the occupation family at $62,420 median and $68,910 mean annually, while community and social service occupations averaged $33.13 per hour in May 2025. Newer directional signals are somewhat higher: the Callings.ai job database shows posted salaries centered on about $72k to $88k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics put Colorado's mean offered salary on new openings at about $75,670 in September 2026. That points to a solid but not dramatic pay premium. Denver's occupation-family median is above the national occupation-family median of $58,300, but not by enough to make employer quality and role fit irrelevant.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO concentrated?

Real opportunity is not evenly spread across this category. In the recent Denver sample, hospitals and health care accounted for about 30% of postings, healthcare for about 25%, non-profit organizations about 20%, education about 10%, and mental health care about 10%. That mix matches the broader local backdrop: Denver education and health services employment reached 227.7 thousand in August 2026 and was up 2.8455% year over year. The named employer mix also points to two practical lanes: institutional care settings and mission-driven nonprofits. The most consistently active employers in the sample were Colorado Coalition, HCA HealthONE, THE LINCOLN CENTER FOR FAMILY AND YOUTH, and Shiloh House, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one giant system. For job seekers, that usually means more shots on goal if you target several employer types instead of waiting on one hospital, one school district, or one county opening.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

Recent postings show the most activity from Colorado Coalition (15 postings), HCA HealthONE (10 postings), THE LINCOLN CENTER FOR FAMILY AND YOUTH (5 postings), Shiloh House (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

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