Management
Social & Community Service Managers
SOC 11-9151
Run the programs that deliver social services in a community.
The job
Median pay
$80k
$64k to $103k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+7.2% projected
Openings a year
19k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
55th pct
More exposed than 55% of occupations · modeled estimate · 54th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
53/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 33,510 | 1.8 | 1.4× | $83k |
| New York | 19,340 | 2.0 | 1.5× | $96k |
| Texas | 13,460 | 1.0 | 0.7× | $77k |
| Pennsylvania | 10,220 | 1.7 | 1.3× | $75k |
| Massachusetts | 8,800 | 2.4 | 1.8× | $81k |
| Florida | 8,600 | 0.9 | 0.6× | $76k |
| Ohio | 7,616 | 1.4 | 1.0× | $74k~ |
| Illinois | 7,520 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $78k |
| Michigan | 6,320 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $86k |
| New Jersey | 5,530 | 1.3 | 1.0× | $95k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 5,430 | 1.8 | 1.4× | $84k |
| North Carolina | 4,970 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $80k |
| Georgia | 4,460 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $73k |
| Connecticut | 4,350 | 2.6 | 1.9× | $76k |
| Maryland | 4,300 | 1.6 | 1.2× | $87k |
| Washington | 3,650 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $103k |
| Wisconsin | 3,580 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $82k |
| Oregon | 3,390 | 1.7 | 1.3× | $87k |
| Virginia | 3,300 | 0.8 | 0.6× | $95k |
| Missouri | 3,060 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $72k |
| Arizona | 3,010 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $78k |
| Indiana | 2,950 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $74k |
| Arkansas | 2,850 | 2.2 | 1.6× | $56k |
| Colorado | 2,800 | 1.0 | 0.7× | $97k |
| Iowa | 2,790 | 1.8 | 1.3× | $66k |
| Tennessee | 2,770 | 0.8 | 0.6× | $88k |
| Louisiana | 2,680 | 1.4 | 1.0× | $82k |
| Alabama | 2,350 | 1.1 | 0.8× | $72k |
| Kentucky | 2,280 | 1.1 | 0.8× | $77k |
| Utah | 2,140 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $83k |
| South Carolina | 1,990 | 0.9 | 0.6× | $73k |
| Oklahoma | 1,640 | 1.0 | 0.7× | $74k |
| Maine | 1,620 | 2.5 | 1.9× | $76k |
| Kansas | 1,570 | 1.1 | 0.8× | $79k |
| Rhode Island | 1,370 | 2.7 | 2.0× | $78k |
| Nebraska | 1,320 | 1.3 | 1.0× | $74k |
| Nevada | 1,200 | 0.8 | 0.6× | $66k |
| Vermont | 1,200 | 3.9 | 2.9× | $81k |
| New Hampshire | 1,180 | 1.7 | 1.3× | $82k |
| New Mexico | 1,150 | 1.3 | 1.0× | $81k |
| Mississippi | 1,120 | 1.0 | 0.7× | $67k |
| Hawaii | 980 | 1.6 | 1.2× | $76k |
| Delaware | 930 | 1.9 | 1.4× | $76k |
| Alaska | 830 | 2.5 | 1.9× | $98k |
| Idaho | 820 | 1.0 | 0.7× | $79k |
| Montana | 820 | 1.6 | 1.2× | $74k |
| West Virginia | 820 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Washington DC | 640 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $107k |
| North Dakota | 510 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $87k |
| South Dakota | 450 | 1.0 | 0.7× | $87k |
| Wyoming | 350 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $66k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ16,090 jobs · $101k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA12,400 jobs · $87k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH5,730 jobs · $85k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN5,390 jobs · $79k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD5,320 jobs · $81k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA5,080 jobs · $93k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI3,570 jobs · $90k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,390 jobs · $80k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Social & Community Service Managers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.