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Social and Human Service Assistant in the United States

50 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 15 employers · largest 24% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 50 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
$200RN · ~300 hrs
asked for in 8 of 50 postings — 16%
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 2026-10-01 · 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 · Integrated Resources Inc · Mission Healthcare · BAYADA Home Health Care · Luminis Health · Mental Health Center of Denver · Optimal Care · Lyra Health · Oscar Health · Otterbein SeniorLife · Crestwood Behavioral Health · Ethos Life · Sonsoft Inc · Walmart · Zinnia

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