400+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Miami, FL

Government wage data and posted-pay data are telling slightly different parts of the story. The BLS reported a mean wage of $27.60 per hour for the broad community and social service occupational group in the Miami metro in May 2025, while the broader SOC 21 occupation family showed a $54,270 median and $57,400 mean annual wage in 2025. Separate pay signals from openings run higher: local posted salary ranges center on about $65k to $89k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts Florida's mean offered salary on new openings for this occupation family at about $73,053 with n=703.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 203 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $57,496 at the 25th percentile, $76,000 at the median and $94,640 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

Miami is a workable but selective market for social-services and counseling job seekers right now. The local labor market is relatively tight at 3.7% unemployment, Education and Health Services employment in the metro was 479 thousand in August 2026 and up 2.1322% year over year, and the market still showed more than 150 observed postings across more than 75 companies over the last 90 days. The catch is that statewide occupation signals are softer: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Florida social services, counseling & community employment essentially flat year over year while active postings are down 8.4%, so employers appear to be filling real needs more carefully than a year ago.

Best positioned: Candidates who can show hospital or behavioral-health workflow experience—especially case management, crisis intervention, discharge planning, psychosocial assessment, and care coordination—and who can document either a master's-level path or an LCSW track have the best odds.

Main caution: Do not assume Miami's expensive cost base means easy high pay: the metro's broad community and social service mean wage was $27.60 per hour in May 2025, below the metro-wide all-occupations mean of $32.30, even though posted ranges can center higher.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 434 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. HCA Florida Healthcare: 29 open roles
2. KidsCare Home Health: 22 open roles
3. Select Physical Therapy: 21 open roles
4. Baptist Health: 18 open roles
5. jacksonhealth.org: 14 open roles
6. University of Miami: 13 open roles
7. Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.: 10 open roles
8. Chrysalis Health: 7 open roles
9. Holy Cross Health: 7 open roles
10. Select Specialty Hospitals: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Miami: 132
• Fort Lauderdale: 54
• Coral Springs: 20
• Pembroke Pines: 20
• Hollywood: 19
• Coral Gables: 15
• Hialeah: 13
• Pompano Beach: 13

Work arrangement

on-site 380 (90%), remote 23 (5%), hybrid 20 (5%)

Where the demand is

The clearest concentration is hospital and health-system work. Education and Health Services employment in the metro reached 479 thousand in August 2026 and was up 2.1322% year over year, while local postings are concentrated in hospitals and health care and healthcare, which together account for about 70% of the sampled roles. That lines up with the named-employer mix, where University of Miami, HCA Florida Healthcare, and jacksonhealth.org appear among the most consistently active hirers in the last 90 days. If you can speak fluently to discharge planning, psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, and care coordination, you fit the highest-volume workflow cluster in this market. The second concentration is community behavioral health and family-support work funded through hospitals, counties, and nonprofits. In September, Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital received a new $750,000 federal award for its MATTER project, and Broward County moved to reallocate $1,344,891 in behavioral-health and intervention funding while extending an adult mental-health-services contract for up to $200,000 through September 2027. Early October proxy signals point the same way: a Broward partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters and Henderson Behavioral Health reported capacity for at least 240 youth annually, and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach received a $70,000 grant for counseling, psychosocial assessments, and crisis intervention tied to homelessness and housing instability.

• Hospital and health-system social work or counseling support (high): This is the most concentrated local opportunity set, with about 70% of sampled postings in hospital and healthcare settings and repeated demand for case management, discharge planning, psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, and care coordination.
• County-funded behavioral health and substance-use programs (high): Recent Miami-Dade and Broward funding actions point toward adult mental health, opioid-use treatment, and psychosocial-service capacity rather than purely administrative hiring.
• Youth, family, homelessness, and community nonprofit programs (moderate): This is a real but narrower lane, supported by youth-wellness and housing-instability signals such as the Broward youth partnership and Palm Beach grant-funded counseling work.

Where to focus: Prioritize hospital-based case management and behavioral-health roles first, then expand into county-funded mental-health, substance-use, youth, and housing-stability programs.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient navigator or care coordinator: It uses the same communication, resource-linkage, and follow-up skills as case management but usually has a lower licensing barrier.
• Utilization review or discharge-coordination specialist: This is a clean pivot for people with hospital social work, discharge planning, and care-transition experience.
• Academic advisor or student-success coach: It fits people whose strengths are counseling, youth support, crisis triage, and navigating services, but who want a move toward the education sector.
• Program operations or grants-and-outcomes coordinator: This leverages documentation, reporting, resource coordination, and mission-driven experience without requiring a full direct-practice caseload.

What postings ask for

• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most repeated local hard skill, appearing in about 45% of sampled postings. Who: Everyone in this category, especially entry-level and career-switcher applicants.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): It shows up in about 30% of local postings and travels well across hospital, behavioral-health, and community roles. Who: Candidates targeting behavioral health, shelters, youth work, and hospital social work.
• Discharge planning and psychosocial assessment (premium | immediate): Discharge planning appears in about 25% of local postings and psychosocial assessment in about 20%, which fits the area's hospital-heavy hiring mix. Who: Mid-career applicants and anyone trying to move into hospital or acute-care settings.
• LCSW / Florida clinical social work licensure path (premium | near-term): LCSW is one of the few credentials named repeatedly in local postings, and Florida's current path includes 1,500 hours of face-to-face psychotherapy, 100 weeks of practice, 100 hours of direct supervision, and the ASWB Clinical exam. Who: Social workers already on a clinical track or aiming for higher-acuity or higher-paying roles.
• Telehealth, EHR, and HIPAA-safe documentation (differentiator | immediate): Florida's Medicare telehealth mental-health flexibilities now run through December 31, 2027, and modern social workers are expected to use EHR systems, telehealth platforms, case-management software, and HIPAA-compliant communication tools. Who: Career switchers, newer graduates, and anyone returning after time away from direct service.
• Data literacy, AI documentation, and ethical tech use (differentiator | near-term): Data literacy is becoming more valuable, and employers increasingly expect basic ability to use AI-assisted documentation while checking privacy, bias, and factual accuracy. Who: Mid-career candidates, program staff, and applicants who want to stand out in process-heavy organizations.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Government wage data and posted-pay data are telling slightly different parts of the story. The BLS reported a mean wage of $27.60 per hour for the broad community and social service occupational group in the Miami metro in May 2025, while the broader SOC 21 occupation family showed a $54,270 median and $57,400 mean annual wage in 2025. Separate pay signals from openings run higher: local posted salary ranges center on about $65k to $89k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts Florida's mean offered salary on new openings for this occupation family at about $73,053 with n=703. This is moderate pay, not automatic high pay. The metro-wide mean across all occupations was $32.30 per hour, so the local social-services group sits below the broader wage average unless you move into hospital-based, specialized, or licensed work.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL concentrated?

The clearest concentration is hospital and health-system work. Education and Health Services employment in the metro reached 479 thousand in August 2026 and was up 2.1322% year over year, while local postings are concentrated in hospitals and health care and healthcare, which together account for about 70% of the sampled roles. That lines up with the named-employer mix, where University of Miami, HCA Florida Healthcare, and jacksonhealth.org appear among the most consistently active hirers in the last 90 days. If you can speak fluently to discharge planning, psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, and care coordination, you fit the highest-volume workflow cluster in this market. The second concentration is community behavioral health and family-support work funded through hospitals, counties, and nonprofits. In September, Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital received a new $750,000 federal award for its MATTER project, and Broward County moved to reallocate $1,344,891 in behavioral-health and intervention funding while extending an adult mental-health-services contract for up to $200,000 through September 2027. Early October proxy signals point the same way: a Broward partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters and Henderson Behavioral Health reported capacity for at least 240 youth annually, and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach received a $70,000 grant for counseling, psychosocial assessments, and crisis intervention tied to homelessness and housing instability.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from University of Miami (15 postings), HCA Florida Healthcare (15 postings), jacksonhealth.org (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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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