The median annual wage for social and human service assistants was $30,830 in May 2015. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $20,120, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $49,570.

In May 2015, the median annual wages for social and human service assistants in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Most social and human service assistants work full time. About 1 in 6 worked part time in 2014. Some work nights and weekends.