1,250+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Government wage data says the broader community and social service occupation family in Los Angeles had a 2025 median of $62,210, with a 25th percentile of $48,430 and a 75th percentile of $90,060. Current local posted ranges center on about $72k to $89k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $60k to $110k; that is a directional posting signal rather than an official wage census. Specific metro subroles also diverge: historical BLS examples show healthcare social workers at $94,040, mental health and substance abuse social workers at $80,920, and child, family, and school social workers at $73,580.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 1,038 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $67,600 at the 25th percentile, $95,241 at the median and $124,800 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

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Los Angeles is a usable market for this field, but it is not wide open. The metro unemployment rate was 4.8% in August 2026, local education and health services employment grew 3.3326% year-over-year, and BLS counted 150,660 community and social service jobs in the metro in annual 2025 data. At the same time, California employment in this occupation family was up 1.4% year-over-year in September 2026 while active postings were down 4.0%, which points to steady underlying demand but slower new-opening flow. Pay can work if you land healthcare-linked or licensed tracks, but generic remote nonprofit searches will be much tougher.

Best positioned: Candidates with hospital or county-contracted behavioral-health experience, strong case management and crisis skills, and flexibility for on-site work have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating this as a remote-friendly field: about 85% of recent local postings were on-site and only about 5% were remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,339 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. California Therapy Services: 85 open roles
2. interface rehab, inc.: 36 open roles
3. Los Angeles County: 28 open roles
4. Select Physical Therapy: 27 open roles
5. The People Concern: 25 open roles
6. Collage Rehab: 23 open roles
7. PeteHealth: 23 open roles
8. FeldCare Connects: 22 open roles
9. PeteDME: 20 open roles
10. AOSW: 19 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 406
• Irvine: 51
• Long Beach: 49
• Orange: 34
• Torrance: 33
• Pasadena: 33
• Glendale: 31
• Palmdale: 27

Work arrangement

on-site 1,123 (87%), hybrid 97 (8%), remote 69 (5%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is not spread evenly across the whole category. In the recent local posting mix, about 30% of openings were in hospitals and health care and another about 30% in healthcare, while nonprofits and social services each accounted for about 10%. That lines up with the skill pattern in postings, where case management, crisis intervention, documentation, treatment planning, discharge planning, and care coordination show up repeatedly. If you can translate your experience into hospital, care-transition, or behavioral-health workflow language, you are aiming at the thickest part of the market. A second pocket of demand sits in county-linked behavioral health, reentry, and community navigation work. Los Angeles County reported 1,172 CARE Act petitions as of July 2026, more than 43% of 162 dismissed CARE participants connected to services, and 133 community partners trained by late September. Separate local expansions—a 24/7 post-release navigation center and integrated behavioral-health growth at Tarzana Treatment Centers—also point toward continued need for outreach, linkage, and follow-up work. Because the employer base is fragmented rather than concentrated, opportunities exist across many organizations, but you need a targeted sector story instead of a generic helping-people pitch.

• Hospital and health-system case management (high): Best fit for candidates who can show discharge support, care coordination, utilization awareness, and interdisciplinary teamwork.
• County-contracted behavioral health and reentry (high): Strong target for applicants with crisis navigation, outreach, resource linkage, field work, or justice-involved population experience.
• Nonprofit outreach and housing stabilization (moderate): Good bridge path for front-line entrants, though pay and advancement are usually less uniform than in hospital-linked roles.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site case management, care-transition, and navigation roles in hospitals, county-contracted behavioral health providers, and reentry or housing programs.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient navigator / care coordinator: It keeps you close to client linkage and service access while moving nearer to healthcare operations.
• Intake / admissions coordinator: It uses assessment, triage, and documentation strengths without requiring the full breadth of case management.
• Housing or reentry navigator: It is a natural fit if your strengths are outreach, stabilization, referrals, and community resource knowledge.
• Program coordinator at a nonprofit or county vendor: It moves you toward operations, reporting, and cross-team coordination while staying in mission-driven services.
• Benefits or eligibility specialist: It lets you leverage client-facing service skills in a more rules-based setting.

What postings ask for

• LCSW (premium | near-term): It is the only credential explicitly surfaced as a common local requirement, appearing in about 10% of postings, and the better-paid metro subroles skew toward licensed, healthcare-linked work. Who: Mid-career social workers, hospital-track candidates, and anyone already close to licensure.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): This is the clearest local core skill, showing up in about 60% of postings. Who: Everyone in the category, especially entry-level and switcher candidates.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): It appears in about 35% of postings and helps separate candidates who can handle acute client situations from those with only general support experience. Who: Behavioral-health, reentry, youth, and community-outreach applicants.
• Documentation (table_stakes | immediate): About 25% of postings explicitly call for documentation, which makes note quality and compliance habits highly screenable. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers who need to prove operational readiness.
• Treatment planning and discharge planning (differentiator | near-term): Both show up in about 15% of postings and are especially useful in hospital-linked and care-transition roles. Who: Mid-career candidates targeting hospitals, residential care, or structured behavioral-health settings.
• Care coordination and interdisciplinary collaboration (differentiator | near-term): Each appears in about 15% of postings, reflecting how often this market rewards people who can work across clinicians, program staff, and external agencies. Who: Anyone moving from direct service into higher-responsibility case management or navigation work.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Government wage data says the broader community and social service occupation family in Los Angeles had a 2025 median of $62,210, with a 25th percentile of $48,430 and a 75th percentile of $90,060. Current local posted ranges center on about $72k to $89k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $60k to $110k; that is a directional posting signal rather than an official wage census. Specific metro subroles also diverge: historical BLS examples show healthcare social workers at $94,040, mental health and substance abuse social workers at $80,920, and child, family, and school social workers at $73,580. This is not a low-pay market by national standards, but Los Angeles housing costs are still high and the local home price index was up 1.0% year-over-year in July 2026. In practice, solid compensation exists, but it tends to reward specialization, licensure, and healthcare-connected settings more than general community-program work.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA concentrated?

Opportunity is not spread evenly across the whole category. In the recent local posting mix, about 30% of openings were in hospitals and health care and another about 30% in healthcare, while nonprofits and social services each accounted for about 10%. That lines up with the skill pattern in postings, where case management, crisis intervention, documentation, treatment planning, discharge planning, and care coordination show up repeatedly. If you can translate your experience into hospital, care-transition, or behavioral-health workflow language, you are aiming at the thickest part of the market. A second pocket of demand sits in county-linked behavioral health, reentry, and community navigation work. Los Angeles County reported 1,172 CARE Act petitions as of July 2026, more than 43% of 162 dismissed CARE participants connected to services, and 133 community partners trained by late September. Separate local expansions—a 24/7 post-release navigation center and integrated behavioral-health growth at Tarzana Treatment Centers—also point toward continued need for outreach, linkage, and follow-up work. Because the employer base is fragmented rather than concentrated, opportunities exist across many organizations, but you need a targeted sector story instead of a generic helping-people pitch.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from The People Concern (more than 20 postings), VOALA (more than 20 postings), AOSW (around 20 postings), Path International (around 15 postings), SSWR, incorporated (around 15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

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