250+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

Government wage data for Pittsburgh's community and social service occupation family show about $57,000 mean pay, $51,650 median pay, $44,490 at the 25th percentile, $64,430 at the 75th percentile, and $83,350 at the 90th percentile in 2025. A fresher posting sample centers on about $57k to $65k, with hourly roles around $22 to $24 and a broader 25th-75th posted band of about $45k to $90k.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 158 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $60,000 at the 25th percentile, $73,840 at the median and $95,000 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

Pittsburgh is still a workable market for this field, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.9% in August 2026, Pittsburgh education and health services employment rose about 2.1% year over year, and Pennsylvania occupation-level data show social services, counseling & community employment up 1.6%. The catch is that Pennsylvania occupation-level active postings were down 3.1% year over year, which points to real demand but tighter competition per opening than last year. Allegheny County's September recovery plan also shifts local demand toward substance-use-disorder outreach, intake, care coordination, and retention work rather than only traditional office counseling.

Best positioned: Applicants with PA LSW/LCSW, strong case management and crisis-intervention experience, and a track record in hospital, county-contracted, or SUD-community settings have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume a broad helping-profession background is enough: most postings are on-site, skew mid-level, and usually ask for concrete documentation, discharge-planning, and care-coordination skills.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 285 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Transformations Care Network: 18 open roles
2. Blackbird Health: 13 open roles
3. Novacare: 13 open roles
4. UPMC International: 13 open roles
5. Highmark Health Company: 10 open roles
6. Mount Hermon: 10 open roles
7. Allegheny Health Network: 9 open roles
8. Gateway Rehab: 9 open roles
9. Ivy Rehab: 8 open roles
10. Kadima Healthcare Group: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• Pittsburgh: 111
• Monroeville: 21
• Wexford: 13
• Washington: 13
• Etna: 10
• Seven Fields: 7
• Cranberry Township: 7
• McKeesport: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 234 (86%), hybrid 34 (12%), remote 5 (2%)

Where the demand is

The biggest concentration is in healthcare-linked settings. In the local posting mix, healthcare accounts for about 30% of openings and hospitals and health care another about 25%, versus about 10% each for nonprofit organizations and education. The named employers that show up most often in the local sample are Highmark Health Company, Amedisys, Inc., and Allegheny Health Network, while separate local reporting also points to UPMC, Allegheny Health Network, and Allegheny County Department of Human Services as prominent hirers. Functionally, employers are buying coordination and follow-through more than abstract counseling language. The most requested hard skills are case management, crisis intervention, documentation, discharge planning, care coordination, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Allegheny County's recovery plan reinforces that pattern by creating demand for unified intake, assertive outreach, residential-to-outpatient coordination, and retention work in the SUD system.

• Hospital and health-system care coordination (high): This is the clearest concentration of opportunity because healthcare and hospitals make up about 55% of the local posting mix, and the skill pattern heavily favors discharge planning, care coordination, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• County-contracted SUD outreach and recovery navigation (high): The county's recovery plan points directly toward intake, unified access, assertive outreach, retention, and residential-to-outpatient coordination roles.
• Nonprofit and school-linked youth or family services (moderate): These remain meaningful but smaller pools of opportunity, with nonprofit organizations and education each representing about 10% of the local posting mix.

Where to focus: Focus first on hospital or county-contracted roles that combine case management, crisis intervention, documentation, and care coordination; that is where both the local industry mix and the recent county policy shift are pointing.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient access or intake coordinator: The county's push for a unified front door to treatment makes intake and navigation experience unusually relevant right now.
• Care transitions or discharge coordinator: Local postings heavily emphasize discharge planning, care coordination, and interdisciplinary collaboration, which transfer well into healthcare operations tracks.
• Benefits eligibility or program specialist: Documentation, interviewing, compliance, and client-navigation skills transfer cleanly into public-program administration.
• Nonprofit program operations coordinator: Pittsburgh has a real nonprofit share in this market, and program-side experience can convert into grants, scheduling, reporting, and vendor-coordination roles.

What postings ask for

• PA LSW or LCSW (premium | immediate): These are the most frequently named licenses in local postings, and they are the clearest separator for higher-paid and more selective roles. Who: MSW holders, experienced case managers, and anyone aiming for hospital or advanced social-work tracks.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): Case management is the single most requested hard skill in local postings, showing up in about 55% of the sample. Who: Everyone in this market, especially entry-level and mid-career applicants.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): Crisis intervention appears both in local skill signals and in the county's shift toward retention and outreach-heavy SUD care. Who: Behavioral-health applicants, community outreach staff, and anyone targeting higher-acuity populations.
• Care coordination and discharge planning (differentiator | immediate): Both skills are explicitly requested in local postings and line up with hospital and transitions-of-care demand. Who: Mid-career applicants, hospital candidates, and switchers from healthcare support roles.
• Documentation and clinical documentation (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation shows up repeatedly in the local skill mix, and employers want people who can handle notes, handoffs, and compliance without a long ramp-up. Who: All applicants, especially career switchers who need to prove they can operate in regulated settings.
• EHR and case-management software (differentiator | near-term): Local skill signals specifically call out EHR systems and case-management software, which makes workflow fluency a practical edge in screening. Who: Career switchers and early-career candidates who need a fast credibility boost.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Pittsburgh, PA?

Government wage data for Pittsburgh's community and social service occupation family show about $57,000 mean pay, $51,650 median pay, $44,490 at the 25th percentile, $64,430 at the 75th percentile, and $83,350 at the 90th percentile in 2025. A fresher posting sample centers on about $57k to $65k, with hourly roles around $22 to $24 and a broader 25th-75th posted band of about $45k to $90k. This is a middle-income Pittsburgh market, not a premium-pay one. Pittsburgh's cost-of-living index was 94.2, about 5.8 percent below the national average, which makes mid-$50k to mid-$60k salaries more workable locally than they would be in higher-cost metros.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Pittsburgh, PA concentrated?

The biggest concentration is in healthcare-linked settings. In the local posting mix, healthcare accounts for about 30% of openings and hospitals and health care another about 25%, versus about 10% each for nonprofit organizations and education. The named employers that show up most often in the local sample are Highmark Health Company, Amedisys, Inc., and Allegheny Health Network, while separate local reporting also points to UPMC, Allegheny Health Network, and Allegheny County Department of Human Services as prominent hirers. Functionally, employers are buying coordination and follow-through more than abstract counseling language. The most requested hard skills are case management, crisis intervention, documentation, discharge planning, care coordination, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Allegheny County's recovery plan reinforces that pattern by creating demand for unified intake, assertive outreach, residential-to-outpatient coordination, and retention work in the SUD system.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Pittsburgh, PA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Highmark Health Company (10 postings), Amedisys, Inc. (5 postings), Allegheny Health Network (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Pittsburgh, PA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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