Social and Human Service Assistants
SOC 21-1093 · 2024-2034
Assist other social and human service providers in providing client services in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, or social work, including support for families. May assist clients in identifying and obtaining available benefits and social and community services. May assist social workers with developing, organizing, and conducting programs to prevent and resolve problems relevant to substance abuse, human relationships, rehabilitation, or dependent care.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $52,520per year
- Projected openings
- 73,580
- Projected change
- +16.1%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
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.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Reading Comprehension
- Coordination
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $61,867 | 1,170 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $60,840 | 2,610 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $58,832 | 4,260 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $58,784 | 4,470 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $58,498 | 420 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $58,241 | 730 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $56,978 | 300 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $55,642 | 870 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $54,841 | 1,100 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $54,820 | 4,530 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $54,348 | 7,850 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $52,992 | 520 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $52,725 | 310 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $52,346 | 4,520 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $52,170 | 670 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $51,390 | 510 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $51,153 | 520 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $51,071 | 18,060 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $50,804 | 1,270 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $50,167 | 340 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $50,167 | 1,070 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $49,500 | 380 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $48,914 | 460 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $48,668 | 390 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $48,637 | 5,910 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $48,154 | 2,060 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $47,045 | 360 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $47,045 | 1,030 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $46,716 | 290 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $45,021 | 280 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | $81,211 | 22,620 | +20.1% |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | $67,025 | 60,640 | +14.1% |
| Healthcare Social Workers | $92,170 | 19,610 | +19.4% |
| Marriage and Family Therapists | $69,184 | 46,570 | +30.7% |
| Rehabilitation Counselors | $45,725 | 17,450 | +14.8% |
| Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors | $88,921 | 40,270 | +5.5% |
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