950+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Houston, TX

The strongest observed local benchmark is the BLS estimate showing community and social service occupations in Houston at about $30.49 per hour in May 2025. Current posting data is directional rather than a full census, and those local postings center on about $60k to $68k annually, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $45k to $95k; hourly-paid postings center on about $25 to $35 per hour. Role-specific proxy data shows a wide spread: child, family, and school social workers are around $50,710 median annually, while healthcare social workers in Houston are around $73,030 median annually.

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Advertised pay

Across the 348 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $55,000 at the 25th percentile, $83,200 at the median and $102,960 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

Houston is a balanced market for social services, counseling, and community work right now: the metro had 3,922.2 thousand total nonfarm jobs and 5.1% unemployment in June 2026, while Education and Health Services reached 471.6 thousand jobs, up 1.2887% year over year. This occupation family also has an unusually large local footprint, representing 1.7% of metro employment in May 2025 versus 0.9% nationally. But the market is not easy everywhere: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Texas employment in this field up 1.3% year over year while active postings are down 1.1%, and local postings skew toward mid-career, on-site, healthcare-linked roles.

Best positioned: Candidates with an MSW plus Texas social-work licensure and recent experience in case management, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and documentation have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming volume means easy access: about 75% of local postings skew mid-career, about 80% are on-site, and only about 5% are remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 957 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Houston: 51 open roles
2. KidsCare Home Health: 40 open roles
3. HCA Houston Healthcare: 38 open roles
4. Action Behavior Centers: 32 open roles
5. PAM Health: 32 open roles
6. Houston Methodist: 29 open roles
7. PARS Therapy: 29 open roles
8. MedCare Pediatric Group: 25 open roles
9. Memorial Hermann: 21 open roles
10. Collage Rehab: 19 open roles

Where the openings are

• Houston: 419
• Katy: 68
• Sugar Land: 42
• Webster: 39
• Pearland: 37
• Humble: 34
• Pasadena: 30
• Spring: 29

Work arrangement

on-site 851 (92%), hybrid 60 (6%), remote 13 (1%)

Where the demand is

The center of gravity is healthcare. In the last 90 days, Houston showed more than 200 postings across more than 100 companies for this category, and about 65% of the local posting mix sat in healthcare. The most consistently active employers in the sample were Houston Methodist, Texas Children's, HCA Houston Healthcare, LifeStance Health Inc., Harris County, and Heart to Heart Hospice. That matches the broader local backdrop: Houston's Education and Health Services supersector stood at 471.6 thousand jobs in June 2026. The implication for job seekers is that the best odds are not spread evenly across every community-facing role. Local postings most often ask for case management, crisis intervention, discharge planning, documentation, clinical documentation, patient advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and care coordination. That pattern points more strongly to hospital social work, behavioral health, hospice, and complex-needs coordination than to general nonprofit programming. Evidence for school/family-service and other niche subroles exists, but it is thinner and older than the healthcare-linked signals.

• Hospital and health-system social work (high): This is the clearest opportunity cluster, backed by a healthcare-heavy posting mix and repeated demand from major systems such as Houston Methodist, Texas Children's, and HCA Houston Healthcare.
• Behavioral health and substance-use services (high): Openings here are supported by crisis-skill demand, recent Houston-area service expansion, and new federal behavioral-health funding that may flow through hospitals and community providers.
• County and public-sector community roles (moderate): Public-sector demand is present but smaller in the current posting mix, with government/public sector around 5% and Harris County appearing among active employers.
• School, family, and child-welfare roles (limited): These roles are definitely part of the local market, but the freshest local hiring evidence is weaker here than in healthcare-linked settings; available wage and employment snapshots are older and narrower.

Where to focus: If you want the shortest path to interviews, focus first on hospital, pediatric, hospice, and behavioral-health employers, and tailor your materials around discharge planning, crisis work, documentation, and care coordination.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient Navigator or Care Coordinator: It uses the same advocacy, referral, care-coordination, and documentation strengths that local employers already want in this market.
• Utilization Review Coordinator or Case Management Assistant: This is a natural bridge if your strongest experience is discharge planning, documentation, and interdisciplinary coordination.
• Behavioral Health Intake Coordinator: It fits candidates with crisis, intake, scheduling, triage, and documentation strengths while staying close to counseling and social-services work.
• Program Analyst or Grants/Outcomes Coordinator: If you like mission-driven work but want less direct service, this path builds on case data, reporting, compliance, and outcomes tracking.

What postings ask for

• Texas LMSW or LCSW licensure (premium | immediate): Local postings most often call out LMSW and LCSW, and a recent Houston social-work manager role at Texas Children's required an MSW plus LMSW, LCSW, or LMSW-AP. Who: MSW holders targeting hospital, pediatric, hospice, or behavioral-health settings.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): Case management appears in about 45% of local postings, making it the clearest baseline skill across this market. Who: Everyone in direct-service, care-coordination, or community-support roles.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): Crisis intervention appears in about 20% of local postings and is especially useful for behavioral health, ED, community-response, and child-welfare work. Who: Applicants aiming at behavioral health, youth/family services, or hospital-based roles.
• Discharge planning and care coordination (premium | immediate): Discharge planning shows up in about 20% of local postings and care coordination in about 10%, which is a strong signal that hospital-linked workflows are driving many openings. Who: Mid-career applicants and switchers trying to break into hospitals, rehab, hospice, or post-acute settings.
• Clinical documentation (differentiator | immediate): Documentation appears in about 20% of postings and clinical documentation in about 15%, so employers value people who can manage notes, plans, and compliance with minimal ramp time. Who: Anyone applying to health systems, county programs, or regulated human-services employers.
• Case management software (differentiator | near-term): Proficiency with case management platforms such as Bonterra Apricot, Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, Casebook, and Penelope is now an expected skill for social workers. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers who need a practical credibility signal fast.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

The strongest observed local benchmark is the BLS estimate showing community and social service occupations in Houston at about $30.49 per hour in May 2025. Current posting data is directional rather than a full census, and those local postings center on about $60k to $68k annually, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $45k to $95k; hourly-paid postings center on about $25 to $35 per hour. Role-specific proxy data shows a wide spread: child, family, and school social workers are around $50,710 median annually, while healthcare social workers in Houston are around $73,030 median annually. This is a decent-paying market by category standards, but not a uniformly high-paying one. Houston can support solid earnings in this field, yet your actual offer depends heavily on setting, licensure, and whether the role sits inside a health system.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX concentrated?

The center of gravity is healthcare. In the last 90 days, Houston showed more than 200 postings across more than 100 companies for this category, and about 65% of the local posting mix sat in healthcare. The most consistently active employers in the sample were Houston Methodist, Texas Children's, HCA Houston Healthcare, LifeStance Health Inc., Harris County, and Heart to Heart Hospice. That matches the broader local backdrop: Houston's Education and Health Services supersector stood at 471.6 thousand jobs in June 2026. The implication for job seekers is that the best odds are not spread evenly across every community-facing role. Local postings most often ask for case management, crisis intervention, discharge planning, documentation, clinical documentation, patient advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and care coordination. That pattern points more strongly to hospital social work, behavioral health, hospice, and complex-needs coordination than to general nonprofit programming. Evidence for school/family-service and other niche subroles exists, but it is thinner and older than the healthcare-linked signals.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Houston Methodist (15 postings), Texas Children's (10 postings), HCA Houston Healthcare (10 postings), LifeStance Health Inc. (5 postings), Harris County (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 20% hybrid, with 80% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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