Social and Community Service Managers
SOC 11-9151 · 2024-2034
Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization. Oversee the program or organization's budget and policies regarding participant involvement, program requirements, and benefits. Work may involve directing social workers, counselors, or probation officers.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $84,606per year
- Projected openings
- 35,490
- Projected change
- +19.3%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Active Learning
- Active Listening
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $99,562 | 1,360 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $95,619 | 270 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $94,016 | 2,280 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $92,048 | 2,580 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $87,870 | 60 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $83,531 | 390 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $83,419 | 90 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $82,624 | 260 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $81,799 | 310 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $81,656 | 290 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $81,616 | 170 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $80,516 | 2,960 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $80,281 | 250 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $80,200 | 2,370 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $80,149 | 110 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $79,772 | 800 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $79,385 | 2,140 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $79,378 | 11,480 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $79,141 | 330 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $78,519 | 630 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $78,316 | 90 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $78,305 | 440 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $78,122 | 160 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $78,041 | 430 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $77,755 | 360 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $77,531 | 120 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $77,480 | 430 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $77,430 | 300 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $77,264 | 3,090 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $76,971 | 160 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | $67,025 | 60,640 | +14.1% |
| Rehabilitation Counselors | $45,725 | 17,450 | +14.8% |
| Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare | $68,226 | 8,100 | +8.4% |
| Healthcare Social Workers | $92,170 | 19,610 | +19.4% |
| Community Health Workers | $59,675 | 12,530 | +20.4% |
| Health Education Specialists | $65,391 | 16,320 | +10.2% |
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