500+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in San Francisco, CA

The cleanest local government pay anchor here is social and community service manager, at a mean annual wage of $103,520 in the metro as of the May 2025 OEWS snapshot. Broader local posted pay across this category centers on about $83k to $105k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $65k to $132k. Proxy salary sources show why candidates see very different numbers: one guide puts healthcare social workers at a $103,440 metro median with $135,720 at the 75th percentile, while another puts the broader social worker median at $71,810.

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Advertised pay

Across the 433 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $67,506 at the 25th percentile, $105,000 at the median and $130,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 7, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable market, but not an easy one. Local hiring is real: the metro saw more than 300 postings across more than 100 companies in the last 90 days, and San Francisco Human Services Agency ran a live Social Work Specialist recruitment in July 2026. The backdrop is supportive but tighter than last year, with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont education and health services employment up 3.8190% year over year while California occupation-level employment for this field was up 2.2% but postings were down 8.9%. Expect better odds if you can match mid-level case-management, crisis, or hospital-adjacent needs and are willing to work on-site, because about 60% of local postings are mid-level and about 75% are on-site.

Best positioned: Candidates with strong case-management and crisis-intervention experience, especially those targeting hospital systems, county agencies, or complex community-support roles, have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not confuse broad health-sector growth with easy access: remote options are only about 5%, and postings that explicitly state a sponsorship policy mention visa sponsorship about 0% of the time.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 531 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Sutter Health: 15 open roles
2. Golden Gate Regional Center Inc: 13 open roles
3. BestHHP: 12 open roles
4. Clover Staffing: 12 open roles
5. Jonah Cooper Jr, LLC: 11 open roles
6. ABL Health Care, LLC: 10 open roles
7. University of California, San Francisco: 10 open roles
8. Kaiser Permanente International: 9 open roles
9. PACS Group: 9 open roles
10. Rehab Centre: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Francisco: 129
• Oakland: 72
• Hayward: 32
• Walnut Creek: 30
• Pleasant Hill: 30
• San Mateo: 24
• San Rafael: 22
• Berkeley: 19

Work arrangement

on-site 382 (75%), remote 75 (15%), hybrid 51 (10%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is not evenly spread across this category. In the last 90 days, we observed more than 300 postings across more than 100 companies in the metro, but the mix tilts heavily toward healthcare-linked employers rather than standalone nonprofits. Within the local posting mix, healthcare accounted for about 35%, hospitals and health care about 20%, and health care services & hospitals about 15%, while social services was about 10% and individual and family services about 5%. Among the most consistently active names were UCSF Health and LifeLong Medical Care with more than 20 postings each, followed by University of California, San Francisco and Golden Gate Regional Center Inc at around 15, with Sutter Health also active. That concentration matters because hospital, care-coordination, and disability-support settings are likely to generate more openings than general community-program work. The employer base is fragmented rather than dominated by one system, and public-sector hiring is clearly present through San Francisco's active city careers portal and its July Social Work Specialist recruitment. Nonprofit activity is still real, with active careers pages at Larkin Street Youth Services and Felton Institute, but it is a smaller lane than the healthcare channel.

• Hospital and care-management employers (high): This is the largest lane in the local sample, with roughly seven in ten postings tied to healthcare-related industry groupings and repeated activity from employers such as UCSF Health, LifeLong Medical Care, and Sutter Health.
• Public agencies and county or city human services (high): City hiring is active, and California's 2026 housing-allocation rules direct 30% of county Behavioral Health Services Act funding toward housing interventions, which supports homelessness and behavioral-health program staffing.
• Nonprofit youth, disability, and family services (moderate): This lane is smaller but still active, with named signals from Golden Gate Regional Center Inc and live career pages from Larkin Street Youth Services and Felton Institute.

Where to focus: Prioritize hospital or care-management employers and public-sector human-services teams first, then use mission-specific nonprofits as a second lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Care coordinator or patient navigator: The local market is heavily healthcare-weighted, and the overlap with case management, documentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration is strong.
• Behavioral health intake or referral coordinator: Intake and routing work is becoming more structured as organizations adopt AI-supported intake workflows and telehealth delivery.
• Program operations coordinator for nonprofits or county-funded services: Supportive-housing and behavioral-health funding rules raise the value of organized program delivery, reporting, and advocacy skills.
• Quality or compliance analyst in community health: Documentation, ethical data use, and algorithmic literacy are becoming more important in human-services teams.

What postings ask for

• California LCSW (premium | immediate): It is the clearest credential premium in the local sample: LCSW is the most commonly named certification requirement, and local employer guidance also emphasizes clinical licensure plus case-management capability. Who: Licensed social workers who want hospital, higher-acuity, or higher-pay pathways.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting mix, appearing in about 55% of postings. Who: Almost everyone in this category, especially entry-level and mid-career applicants.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): Crisis intervention appears in about 40% of local postings, making it one of the fastest ways to stand out for higher-acuity roles. Who: Candidates targeting hospitals, behavioral health, homelessness response, or public-sector teams.
• Documentation and psychosocial assessment (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation appears in about 20% of postings and psychosocial assessment in about 15%, so employers are screening for people who can produce compliant records, not just build rapport. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone coming from loosely structured community work.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration (differentiator | near-term): About 15% of local postings explicitly ask for interdisciplinary collaboration, which fits the healthcare-heavy employer mix in this market. Who: Applicants moving into hospital, clinic, or integrated-care settings.
• Telehealth delivery and digital literacy (differentiator | near-term): Telehealth delivery competency is flagged as essential in 2026, and Medicare behavioral-health telehealth access remains broadly available through December 31, 2027. Who: Social workers, counselors, and case managers who want flexibility across clinic, community, and hybrid care settings.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

The cleanest local government pay anchor here is social and community service manager, at a mean annual wage of $103,520 in the metro as of the May 2025 OEWS snapshot. Broader local posted pay across this category centers on about $83k to $105k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $65k to $132k. Proxy salary sources show why candidates see very different numbers: one guide puts healthcare social workers at a $103,440 metro median with $135,720 at the 75th percentile, while another puts the broader social worker median at $71,810. This market can pay well by field standards, but not every title lands at hospital or management levels. California's mean offered salary on new openings for this occupation family was about $84,860 in July 2026, based on a sample of 3,436 new openings.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA concentrated?

Opportunity is not evenly spread across this category. In the last 90 days, we observed more than 300 postings across more than 100 companies in the metro, but the mix tilts heavily toward healthcare-linked employers rather than standalone nonprofits. Within the local posting mix, healthcare accounted for about 35%, hospitals and health care about 20%, and health care services & hospitals about 15%, while social services was about 10% and individual and family services about 5%. Among the most consistently active names were UCSF Health and LifeLong Medical Care with more than 20 postings each, followed by University of California, San Francisco and Golden Gate Regional Center Inc at around 15, with Sutter Health also active. That concentration matters because hospital, care-coordination, and disability-support settings are likely to generate more openings than general community-program work. The employer base is fragmented rather than dominated by one system, and public-sector hiring is clearly present through San Francisco's active city careers portal and its July Social Work Specialist recruitment. Nonprofit activity is still real, with active careers pages at Larkin Street Youth Services and Felton Institute, but it is a smaller lane than the healthcare channel.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from UCSF Health (20 postings), LifeLong Medical Care (20 postings), 21hhs (20 postings), University of California, San Francisco (15 postings), Golden Gate Regional Center Inc (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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