Community & Social Service
Social & Human Service Assistants
SOC 21-1093
Help social workers and clients with services, paperwork, and daily needs.
The job
Median pay
$46k
$38k to $54k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+7.4% projected
Openings a year
49k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
4/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
15th pct
More exposed than 15% of occupations · modeled estimate · 81st pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
60/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
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 | 58,730 | 3.2 | 1.1× | $51k |
| New York | 40,970 | 4.2 | 1.5× | $47k |
| Pennsylvania | 24,340 | 4.0 | 1.4× | $44k |
| Florida | 22,670 | 2.3 | 0.8× | $44k |
| Illinois | 22,220 | 3.6 | 1.3× | $47k |
| Texas | 21,620 | 1.5 | 0.6× | $46k |
| New Jersey | 17,270 | 4.0 | 1.4× | $48k |
| Michigan | 12,450 | 2.8 | 1.0× | $39k |
| Indiana | 11,740 | 3.7 | 1.3× | $45k |
| Oregon | 11,260 | 5.7 | 2.0× | $51k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 11,110 | 3.8 | 1.3× | $50k |
| Ohio | 10,970 | 2.0 | 0.7× | $38k |
| Virginia | 10,670 | 2.6 | 0.9× | $43k |
| Connecticut | 9,930 | 5.9 | 2.1× | $45k |
| Massachusetts | 9,180 | 2.5 | 0.9× | $47k |
| North Carolina | 9,020 | 1.8 | 0.7× | $43k |
| Wisconsin | 7,750 | 2.6 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Washington | 7,590 | 2.1 | 0.8× | $55k |
| Georgia | 7,410 | 1.5 | 0.5× | $39k |
| Arizona | 7,290 | 2.3 | 0.8× | $41k |
| Maryland | 7,280 | 2.6 | 0.9× | $47k |
| Utah | 6,540 | 3.8 | 1.3× | $40k |
| Missouri | 6,200 | 2.1 | 0.8× | $42k |
| Kansas | 6,070 | 4.2 | 1.5× | $43k |
| Colorado | 5,410 | 1.9 | 0.7× | $48k |
| Iowa | 5,230 | 3.4 | 1.2× | $42k |
| South Carolina | 5,220 | 2.3 | 0.8× | $39k |
| Kentucky | 4,670 | 2.3 | 0.8× | $37k |
| Maine | 4,580 | 7.1 | 2.5× | $48k |
| Tennessee | 4,380 | 1.3 | 0.5× | $40k |
| Idaho | 3,810 | 4.4 | 1.6× | $48k |
| Arkansas | 3,530 | 2.7 | 1.0× | $37k |
| Louisiana | 3,440 | 1.8 | 0.6× | $36k |
| Alabama | 3,370 | 1.6 | 0.6× | $36k |
| Oklahoma | 3,340 | 2.0 | 0.7× | $37k |
| West Virginia | 3,320 | 4.7 | 1.7× | $39k |
| New Mexico | 3,050 | 3.5 | 1.2× | $46k |
| Mississippi | 2,891 | 2.5 | 0.9× | $31k~ |
| Nevada | 2,420 | 1.6 | 0.6× | $39k |
| Rhode Island | 2,290 | 4.6 | 1.6× | $48k |
| Hawaii | 2,230 | 3.6 | 1.3× | $42k |
| Washington DC | 2,080 | 3.0 | 1.1× | $59k |
| Vermont | 1,920 | 6.3 | 2.2× | $47k |
| New Hampshire | 1,860 | 2.7 | 1.0× | $47k |
| North Dakota | 1,530 | 3.6 | 1.3× | $46k |
| Nebraska | 1,460 | 1.4 | 0.5× | $39k |
| Alaska | 1,370 | 4.2 | 1.5× | $47k |
| Montana | 1,200 | 2.3 | 0.8× | $39k |
| Delaware | 1,050 | 2.2 | 0.8× | $41k |
| South Dakota | 830 | 1.8 | 0.6× | $38k |
| Wyoming | 610 | 2.2 | 0.8× | $45k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ35,540 jobs · $48k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA18,790 jobs · $50k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN16,080 jobs · $47k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD12,160 jobs · $45k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA7,970 jobs · $58k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV7,790 jobs · $48k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI7,160 jobs · $50k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA6,400 jobs · $50k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Social & Human Service Assistants 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.