450+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Detroit, MI

Observed local government pay data puts the community and social service occupational family at about $57,000 median and $60,150 mean annually in 2025, with the 25th percentile at $45,430 and the 75th percentile at $74,240. A separate metro benchmark showed $28.92 mean hourly pay for the broader group in May 2025, compared with $33.27 for all occupations in the metro. Real-time proxy signals are directionally similar but not identical: local posted salary ranges center on about $45k to $73k, hourly postings center on about $31 to $35, and Michigan new-opening offered salary averages were about $68,869 in September 2026 from a state-level sample of new openings (n=298).

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 222 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $55,215 at the 25th percentile, $77,220 at the median and $89,440 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Detroit is a workable but competitive market for this field over the next 3-6 months. The metro unemployment rate was 5.7% in August 2026, up about 21.3% year over year, while metro employment was down about 1.6% and nonfarm payrolls were down about 0.2%. At the same time, BLS counted 27,740 community and social service jobs in the metro in 2025, and Michigan occupation employment was up 1.5% year over year even as active postings for the field were down 9.7% statewide. That mix points to steady underlying need, but fewer easy openings and more competition per posting.

Best positioned: Mid-career applicants with hospital or behavioral-health case management experience, strong crisis and documentation skills, and an LMSW have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not confuse a mission-driven employer base with an easy entry market: about 80% of sampled openings were mid-career and about 85% were on-site.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 464 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Henry Ford Health: 58 open roles
2. Corewell Health: 26 open roles
3. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC: 19 open roles
4. DMC Group: 13 open roles
5. Select Specialty Hospitals: 13 open roles
6. Trinity Health: 13 open roles
7. PACE: 12 open roles
8. Athletico: 8 open roles
9. Trinity Health Corp.: 8 open roles
10. Acadia Healthcare Company: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Detroit: 100
• Southfield: 30
• Livonia: 24
• Pontiac: 24
• Warren: 18
• Dearborn: 18
• Novi: 16
• Sterling Heights: 13

Work arrangement

on-site 407 (90%), hybrid 35 (8%), remote 9 (2%)

Where the demand is

Most real openings sit inside healthcare-adjacent settings. In the local posting mix, healthcare accounted for about 40% of openings, hospitals and health care about 30%, and health care services & hospitals about 10%, while education was about 10% and home health care services about 5%. That lines up with the most active named employers in the recent sample, led by Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health, NHA Schools, CNS Healthcare, and PACE. A second pocket of demand is community behavioral health, substance-use treatment, and violence intervention. Old Redford Treatment Center opened on September 11, 2026 and expected approximately six additional positions, MDHHS funded two Detroit violence-intervention projects with $300,000 each on September 21, LGBT Detroit opened a new wellness facility on September 24, and NSO secured $3 million for an integrated SUD Health Home Clinic on October 7. These are not proof of mass hiring, but they do show where new programs and follow-on staffing are most likely to appear. The catch is that the market is not wide open. The recent sample was spread across more than 75 companies, but about 80% of openings were mid-career and only about 20% were entry-level, so niche experience matters more than the employer count suggests.

• Hospitals and health systems (high): This is the center of gravity: healthcare-related employers account for about 80% of the sample when you combine healthcare, hospitals and health care, and health care services & hospitals, and Henry Ford Health and Trinity Health are among the most active named employers.
• Community behavioral health, SUD, and violence intervention (high): New local service expansions point here, including Old Redford Treatment Center, Detroit Life is Valuable Everyday, Detroit Peoples Community, LGBT Detroit, and NSO.
• School-linked support roles (moderate): Education makes up about 10% of the sample, and NHA Schools appears among the more active named employers, which keeps a smaller but real lane open for youth and family support work.
• Aging and home/community support (limited): Home health care services were about 5% of the sample, and Brightmoor's new adult day center adds a small signal around dementia support and senior services.

Where to focus: Focus first on hospital-based case management and community behavioral-health or SUD programs, because that is where employer activity and new local program funding overlap most clearly.

Roles worth searching next

• Care coordination assistant: Local demand is concentrated in healthcare settings and strongly rewards documentation, care planning, and interdisciplinary teamwork, so this is a practical bridge if direct-service titles are saturated.
• Behavioral health technician or peer support specialist: Behavioral health and SUD are visible local growth pockets, with new treatment and community-based services opening or expanding in Detroit.
• Student services coordinator: Education is a smaller but real slice of local demand, and NHA Schools is one of the more active named employers in the sample.
• Nonprofit program coordinator: Community grants and neighborhood programs create needs beyond direct counseling, especially around outreach, referrals, reporting, and partner coordination.

What postings ask for

• LMSW (differentiator | immediate): It is one of the few credentials repeatedly named in local postings, which helps it clear screening for social-work roles inside a broad case-management market. Who: MSW holders targeting hospital, school, or higher-responsibility social-work roles.
• Certified Case Manager (CCM) (differentiator | near-term): The CCM is described as the most widely recognized portable case-management certification, so it can strengthen crossover moves between hospital, payer, and community settings. Who: Mid-career case managers or switchers with enough experience to qualify.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): Case management is the single most common hard skill in recent local postings, appearing in about 45% of the sampled jobs. Who: Everyone in this category, especially entry-level candidates who need a clear value proposition.
• Crisis intervention (premium | immediate): Crisis intervention showed up in about 30% of sampled local postings, making it one of the clearest markers of readiness for tougher direct-service roles. Who: Behavioral-health, youth-services, ER, and community-outreach applicants.
• Discharge planning and care coordination (premium | immediate): These skills appear repeatedly in Detroit-area postings and map directly to the healthcare-heavy employer mix. Who: Applicants targeting hospitals, health systems, or medically complex populations.
• Documentation, psychosocial assessment, and interdisciplinary collaboration (table_stakes | immediate): Employers repeatedly ask for clean documentation, psychosocial assessment, patient advocacy, care planning, and cross-team coordination, which means interviewers are screening for workflow reliability as much as empathy. Who: All candidates, especially switchers who need to prove transferability.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Observed local government pay data puts the community and social service occupational family at about $57,000 median and $60,150 mean annually in 2025, with the 25th percentile at $45,430 and the 75th percentile at $74,240. A separate metro benchmark showed $28.92 mean hourly pay for the broader group in May 2025, compared with $33.27 for all occupations in the metro. Real-time proxy signals are directionally similar but not identical: local posted salary ranges center on about $45k to $73k, hourly postings center on about $31 to $35, and Michigan new-opening offered salary averages were about $68,869 in September 2026 from a state-level sample of new openings (n=298). This is a middle-income market, not a premium-pay one. The local occupational-family median of $57,000 is close to the national community-and-social-service family median of $58,300, which suggests Detroit is broadly in line rather than unusually rich for the field.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI concentrated?

Most real openings sit inside healthcare-adjacent settings. In the local posting mix, healthcare accounted for about 40% of openings, hospitals and health care about 30%, and health care services & hospitals about 10%, while education was about 10% and home health care services about 5%. That lines up with the most active named employers in the recent sample, led by Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health, NHA Schools, CNS Healthcare, and PACE. A second pocket of demand is community behavioral health, substance-use treatment, and violence intervention. Old Redford Treatment Center opened on September 11, 2026 and expected approximately six additional positions, MDHHS funded two Detroit violence-intervention projects with $300,000 each on September 21, LGBT Detroit opened a new wellness facility on September 24, and NSO secured $3 million for an integrated SUD Health Home Clinic on October 7. These are not proof of mass hiring, but they do show where new programs and follow-on staffing are most likely to appear. The catch is that the market is not wide open. The recent sample was spread across more than 75 companies, but about 80% of openings were mid-career and only about 20% were entry-level, so niche experience matters more than the employer count suggests.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Recent postings show the most activity from Henry Ford Health (10 postings), Trinity Health (10 postings), NHA Schools (10 postings), CNS Healthcare (5 postings), PACE (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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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