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Social and Human Service Assistant in the United States

62 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 62 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

What it costs

Exam and application fees plus typical self-study hours. Almost nobody needs every credential on this list — start with the top line.

Most-asked-for, on its own
$70BLS / CPR Certification · ~5 hrs
asked for in 12 of 62 postings — 19%
If you earned all 2 of them
$270
fees checked 2026-08
305 hrs
305 hours — about 31 weeks at 10 hrs/wk

Not in the total: Bachelor's Degree — cost varies by institution.

Lower signal for this role

Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job
39%reported bachelor’s degree
  • Bachelor’s degree39%
  • Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree18%
  • Some college, no degree16%

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET 21-1093.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$34,200
10th percentile
$45,930
median
$63,290
90th percentile

Every credential above costs $270 — about 2 days' pay at the median.

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

Morgan & Morgan · Mission Healthcare · Integrated Resources Inc · Luminis Health · Mental Health Center of Denver · BAYADA Home Health Care · City of New York · Optimal Care · Optimal Care - Evergreen · Otterbein SeniorLife · Crestwood Behavioral Health · Ethos Life · Lyra Health · Sonsoft Inc · Walmart

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