150+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

Observed local pay sits around a $71,200 annual median, with the 25th percentile at $54,500 and the 75th percentile at $89,800. Broader BLS family data for community and social service occupations in the metro shows a $58,420 median and $83,200 at the 75th percentile for 2025, so exact pay varies a lot by sub-role and licensure. Directional posting data runs somewhat higher, with listed salary ranges centered on about $75k to $106k and hourly postings centered on about $30 to $40 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 110 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $51,648 at the 25th percentile, $76,480 at the median and $90,500 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

Salt Lake City-Murray is still a workable market for social services, counseling, and community roles, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.7% in August 2026, Education and Health Services employment reached 106.1 thousand and was up 4.9456% year-over-year, and the local occupation base is about 4,150 workers with a local median pay estimate near $71,200. The catch is that statewide occupation signals are tighter than the service need suggests: Utah employment in this field was up 0.6% year-over-year in September 2026 while active postings were down 9.4% year-over-year.

Best positioned: The best odds right now go to candidates who can show direct-service case management, crisis intervention, care coordination, and documentation strength, especially in healthcare, behavioral health, and housing-support settings, with an LCSW or other screening credential where relevant.

Main caution: Do not assume remote flexibility or easy access to the top salary band: about 80% of sampled openings are on-site, about 5% are remote, and the stronger pay ranges cluster in more specialized openings.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 176 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. UTN: 17 open roles
2. Valley Behavioral: 10 open roles
3. Mountain Land Physical Therapy, Inc: 9 open roles
4. Rocky Mountain Care: 6 open roles
5. Tata Memorial Centre: 6 open roles
6. CommonSpirit Health: 5 open roles
7. Eduro Healthcare LLC: 5 open roles
8. Flagship Therapy: 5 open roles
9. St. Mark's Hospital: 5 open roles
10. Intermountain Healthcare Inc.: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Salt Lake City: 75
• Layton: 11
• Park City: 11
• Bountiful: 8
• Sandy: 8
• Riverton: 7
• West Jordan: 7
• Draper: 5

Work arrangement

on-site 155 (90%), hybrid 14 (8%), remote 4 (2%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in care-delivery settings more than in general nonprofit administration. In the local postings sample, healthcare and hospitals and health care each account for about 30% of demand, mental health care about 15%, education about 10%, and medical practices about 5%. That lines up with the broader metro backdrop, where Education and Health Services employment reached 106.1 thousand and was up 4.9456% year-over-year in August 2026. Employer demand is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant system. The local sample shows more than 75 postings across more than 40 companies and a fragmented employer mix, with recurring activity from UTN, Valley Behavioral, Intermountain Health Company, LifeStance Health Inc., Jordan School District, and Fourth Street Clinic. That means a smart search here is multi-channel: hospital systems, outpatient behavioral health, community clinics, supportive housing, veteran-serving nonprofits, and school/community employers all matter. There are also unusually concrete local service-expansion signals in housing, veteran services, suicide prevention, and pediatric behavioral health. Recent examples include $8,560,784 in veteran-homelessness grants, $804,740 in suicide-prevention grants, the opening of 67 supportive-housing units with on-site services, and Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Behavioral Health reporting that it had served more than 9,000 children in its first year while increasing inpatient beds 50% and outpatient appointment capacity 25%.

• Hospital and health-system social work/care coordination (high): Healthcare and hospitals and health care together make up about 60% of sampled demand, and named employers include Intermountain Health Company and LifeStance Health Inc.
• Community behavioral health, housing, and veteran services (high): Local funding and delivery signals are strong around homelessness support, recovery services, and veteran outreach, including new grant flows and supportive-housing capacity.
• Education and youth/family support (moderate): Education accounts for about 10% of sampled demand, Jordan School District appears among active employers, and Utah created a Peer-to-Peer Coaching and Mental Health Counseling Grant for higher education in 2026.

Where to focus: Focus first on employers where case management, crisis intervention, documentation, and care coordination overlap, because those are the most transferable high-yield skills in this market.

Roles worth searching next

• Social and community service manager: It builds directly on frontline service experience but shifts the work toward supervision, program operations, and community coordination.
• Care coordinator or patient navigator: The local market already rewards care coordination, care planning, documentation, and EHR fluency, so this is a natural bridge into healthcare-adjacent work.
• Program compliance or quality specialist in human services: Local employers frequently ask for documentation, clinical documentation, and regulatory compliance, which can translate into audit, quality, or program-integrity work.
• Community school or student-support coordinator: Education represents about 10% of the local postings mix, and Jordan School District shows up among active employers, so school-linked support work is a realistic neighboring lane.

What postings ask for

• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in local postings, appearing in about 40% of the sample, and it travels across hospital, housing, clinic, and community roles. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level candidates and switchers.
• Documentation and clinical documentation (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation appears in about 30% of local postings and clinical documentation in about 15%, which means employers are screening for reliable record-keeping, not just empathy. Who: All candidate types, especially anyone without direct sector experience.
• Electronic health records (EHR) (differentiator | near-term): Local proxy signals call out electronic health records as an in-demand tool, and the industry mix is heavily healthcare-weighted. Who: Mid-career candidates and anyone targeting hospitals, clinics, or integrated behavioral health.
• Crisis intervention and de-escalation (differentiator | immediate): Crisis intervention appears in about 25% of local postings, and valley de-escalation certification also shows up in the credential mix. Who: Behavioral-health, shelter, youth-services, and outreach candidates.
• Care coordination and care planning (differentiator | near-term): Each appears in about 20% of local postings and maps directly to healthcare, veteran, and supportive-housing employers. Who: Candidates aiming at hospital, housing, or cross-agency service roles.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) (premium | long-term): Only about 10% of sampled postings explicitly required an LCSW, but the strongest salary outcomes locally sit near the experienced end of the market, which suggests license-driven openings are a smaller but more valuable slice. Who: Experienced social workers who want better pay leverage and access to higher-trust roles.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Observed local pay sits around a $71,200 annual median, with the 25th percentile at $54,500 and the 75th percentile at $89,800. Broader BLS family data for community and social service occupations in the metro shows a $58,420 median and $83,200 at the 75th percentile for 2025, so exact pay varies a lot by sub-role and licensure. Directional posting data runs somewhat higher, with listed salary ranges centered on about $75k to $106k and hourly postings centered on about $30 to $40 / hour. This is decent pay for a helping-professions market, but not a premium one across the board. The metro’s mean community-and-social-service wage was $32.10 per hour in May 2025 versus $34.45 across all local occupations, while the metro cost-of-living index was about 104.5, or about 4.5% above the national average.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in care-delivery settings more than in general nonprofit administration. In the local postings sample, healthcare and hospitals and health care each account for about 30% of demand, mental health care about 15%, education about 10%, and medical practices about 5%. That lines up with the broader metro backdrop, where Education and Health Services employment reached 106.1 thousand and was up 4.9456% year-over-year in August 2026. Employer demand is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant system. The local sample shows more than 75 postings across more than 40 companies and a fragmented employer mix, with recurring activity from UTN, Valley Behavioral, Intermountain Health Company, LifeStance Health Inc., Jordan School District, and Fourth Street Clinic. That means a smart search here is multi-channel: hospital systems, outpatient behavioral health, community clinics, supportive housing, veteran-serving nonprofits, and school/community employers all matter. There are also unusually concrete local service-expansion signals in housing, veteran services, suicide prevention, and pediatric behavioral health. Recent examples include $8,560,784 in veteran-homelessness grants, $804,740 in suicide-prevention grants, the opening of 67 supportive-housing units with on-site services, and Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Behavioral Health reporting that it had served more than 9,000 children in its first year while increasing inpatient beds 50% and outpatient appointment capacity 25%.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Recent postings show the most activity from UTN (10 postings), Valley Behavioral (5 postings), Intermountain Health Company (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 80% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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