2,750+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in New York, NY

Government wage benchmarks show a 2025 metro mean of $71,330 a year, a median of $63,840, a 25th percentile of $50,170, and a 75th percentile of $83,140 for the broader community and social service occupational group; BLS also reported $34.29 per hour for the metro group overall. Directional posting data is similar in the middle, with local advertised salaries centering on about $65k to $75k and a broader 25th-75th band of about $52k to $99k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $29 to $35 / hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 2,243 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $67,500 at the 25th percentile, $88,400 at the median and $110,000 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

This is a balanced market that is still worth targeting if you fit the licensed, hospital, or crisis-capable parts of the field. Metro unemployment was 4.7% in August 2026, down from 5.3% a year earlier, while metro Education and Health Services employment rose 3.0748% year over year. At the same time, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows New York social services, counseling & community employment up 2.1% year over year even as active postings were down 0.6%, which suggests steady need but tighter competition per opening. The metro still showed more than 1,200 postings across more than 350 companies over the last 90 days, with hiring fragmented rather than controlled by one employer.

Best positioned: Licensed or license-eligible candidates with case management, crisis intervention, hospital or discharge-planning experience, and willingness to work on-site have the best odds; case management appears in about 50% of postings, crisis intervention in about 40%, and about 85% of roles are on-site.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming NYC volume means easy access: about 65% of postings skew mid-career, about 40% of postings that state an education threshold ask for a master's degree, and less than 5% of roles are remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 2,856 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Fox Rehab: 105 open roles
2. New Jersey Tourism Industry Association: 102 open roles
3. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation: 94 open roles
4. APTA New York: 72 open roles
5. Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc.: 56 open roles
6. RWJBarnabas Health Inc: 44 open roles
7. SPEAR Physical Therapy, LLC: 44 open roles
8. Metro Physical Therapy: 43 open roles
9. Northwell Health, Inc.: 38 open roles
10. Powerback Rehabilitation, LLC: 38 open roles

Where the openings are

• New York: 820
• Bronx: 144
• Brooklyn: 131
• Newark: 53
• Yonkers: 48
• Morristown: 41
• Staten Island: 38
• Passaic: 37

Work arrangement

on-site 2,400 (87%), hybrid 258 (9%), remote 113 (4%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is clustered in care-connected employers rather than generic nonprofits. Within the posting sample, healthcare accounts for about 30% of demand, hospitals and health care about 25%, non-profit organizations about 15%, social services about 10%, and mental health care about 5%. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation was the most consistently active named employer in the last 90 days, with more than 100 postings in the sample. That mix favors candidates who can work across case management, discharge planning, crisis work, and documentation rather than presenting as counseling-only generalists. There is also a public and crisis-response thread worth watching. Reporting on New York City's Department of Social Services cited 1,860 vacancies, equal to 14.87% of authorized positions, while New Jersey announced a $16.45 million investment in crisis receiving and stabilization centers and Care Plus NJ said it is recruiting 22 staff for a Paramus crisis center planned for early 2027. These are not whole-market counts, but they do point toward openings tied to government human services, crisis stabilization, peer support, and short-stay behavioral-health operations.

• Hospital social work, discharge planning, and care coordination (high): Healthcare and hospitals account for about 55% of the posting mix combined, and New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation alone logged more than 100 postings in the sample.
• Public human services and benefits-facing roles (moderate): New York City's Department of Social Services was reported to have 1,860 vacancies, which suggests continued staffing pressure in public-facing service delivery, even though not every vacancy maps directly to this category.
• Crisis stabilization and behavioral-health support (moderate): New Jersey's crisis-center expansion included a $16.45 million investment, and one Paramus center said it is recruiting 22 staff for early 2027.
• Nonprofit community programs (moderate): Non-profit organizations represented about 15% of local postings, which keeps this segment meaningful but not dominant.

Where to focus: Prioritize hospital-affiliated, public-system, and crisis-capable roles where case management plus crisis documentation is valued over generic counseling interest.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient navigator or care coordination specialist: It uses referral management, client communication, and service-connection skills without always requiring the same licensure threshold as direct social-work titles.
• Utilization review or care management coordinator: It rewards documentation discipline, discharge planning, payer communication, and caseload organization.
• Program operations or grants coordinator: This is a good route for nonprofit program managers who can translate client outcomes into reporting, compliance, and cross-team execution.
• Behavioral-health quality or compliance coordinator: It builds on treatment-plan review, documentation standards, audits, and interdisciplinary coordination.
• Member services or eligibility specialist: This is a practical access route for switchers who already know benefits, public programs, intake, or customer-facing support.

What postings ask for

• LCSW (premium | immediate): LCSW is the single most common named credential in the local sample, appearing in about 15% of postings, with an additional about 10% using the spelled-out licensed clinical social worker label. Who: Social workers targeting hospitals, behavioral-health programs, or supervisory tracks.
• LMSW (differentiator | immediate): LMSW is also commonly named, appearing in about 10% of local postings, and it can widen access to social-work-coded roles before independent clinical status. Who: MSW holders who want faster entry into hospital, nonprofit, or public-system roles.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): Case management is the most requested hard skill in the local sample, appearing in about 50% of postings. Who: Almost everyone in this category, especially entry-level candidates and switchers.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): Crisis intervention appears in about 40% of local postings and lines up with recent regional crisis-center expansion in New Jersey. Who: Counselors, case managers, hospital social workers, and peer-support candidates.
• Documentation, treatment planning, and discharge planning (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation appears in about 25% of postings, treatment planning in about 15%, and discharge planning in about 10%, which shows employers are screening for workflow reliability, not just rapport. Who: Anyone applying to hospitals, health systems, community mental-health providers, or payer-adjacent roles.
• Certified Case Manager (CCM) (differentiator | near-term): For case-management-adjacent roles, Certified Case Manager is widely treated as the leading credential, while CMGT-BC is moving to renewal-only with new applications accepted through December 31, 2026. Who: Mid-career candidates moving toward hospital, payer, or utilization-management tracks.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Government wage benchmarks show a 2025 metro mean of $71,330 a year, a median of $63,840, a 25th percentile of $50,170, and a 75th percentile of $83,140 for the broader community and social service occupational group; BLS also reported $34.29 per hour for the metro group overall. Directional posting data is similar in the middle, with local advertised salaries centering on about $65k to $75k and a broader 25th-75th band of about $52k to $99k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $29 to $35 / hour. That is solid pay by national field standards—the metro's community and social service mean hourly wage was above the national mean of $30.49 in May 2025—but it is not automatically comfortable pay for NYC-area costs.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ concentrated?

Real opportunity is clustered in care-connected employers rather than generic nonprofits. Within the posting sample, healthcare accounts for about 30% of demand, hospitals and health care about 25%, non-profit organizations about 15%, social services about 10%, and mental health care about 5%. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation was the most consistently active named employer in the last 90 days, with more than 100 postings in the sample. That mix favors candidates who can work across case management, discharge planning, crisis work, and documentation rather than presenting as counseling-only generalists. There is also a public and crisis-response thread worth watching. Reporting on New York City's Department of Social Services cited 1,860 vacancies, equal to 14.87% of authorized positions, while New Jersey announced a $16.45 million investment in crisis receiving and stabilization centers and Care Plus NJ said it is recruiting 22 staff for a Paramus crisis center planned for early 2027. These are not whole-market counts, but they do point toward openings tied to government human services, crisis stabilization, peer support, and short-stay behavioral-health operations.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Recent postings show the most activity from New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (more than 100 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

How current are these listings?

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