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Social Service

Specific interest area · O*NET

Social Service is a specific interest area in the O*NET database, part of the Social Holland family. O*NET describes it as: "Work involves providing social services and assistance to improve the well-being and social and psychological functioning of children and adults." It is scored for 891 occupations, which average 1.89 out of 7 on the Occupational Interest scale.

How it's measured

O*NET scores each occupation on this interest on a 0–7 Occupational Interest (OI) scale, where higher means the work more strongly rewards this interest. The figures here are those occupation-level scores — a description of what kind of work each job involves, not a ranking of which job is better, harder, or higher-paid.

Economy-wide average 1.89 / 7 Mean across all 891 scored occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–6.94 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 5.94)
Prevalence vs. other interests 63rd pct Where this interest's average ranks among all O*NET interest dimensions

Occupations that fit this interest best

The occupations that score this interest strongest on the 0–7 scale.

Occupation Score
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 6.94
Marriage and Family Therapists 6.83
Mental Health Counselors 6.83
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 6.83
Healthcare Social Workers 6.71
Community Health Workers 6.66
Personal Care Aides 6.66
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten 6.66
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 6.66
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 6.60
Rehabilitation Counselors 6.60
School Psychologists 6.60
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 6.60
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 6.60
Recreational Therapists 6.54
Art Therapists 6.49
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 6.49
Psychiatric Aides 6.49
Psychiatric Technicians 6.49
Social and Human Service Assistants 6.49
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 6.49
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors 6.49
Teaching Assistants, Special Education 6.49
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 6.32
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 6.26

Occupations that fit this interest least

The occupations that score this interest weakest — where the work rarely rewards it.

Occupation Score
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 1.00
Sewing Machine Operators 1.00
Sheet Metal Workers 1.00
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders 1.00
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 1.00
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing 1.00
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 1.00
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 1.00
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 1.00
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 1.00
Tapers 1.00
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 1.00
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 1.00
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters 1.00
Tire Builders 1.00
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 1.00
Tool and Die Makers 1.00
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 1.00
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 1.00
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Wellhead Pumpers 1.00
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 1.00

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

  • O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Social Service." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/interests/social-service

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Social Service. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/interests/social-service

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-social-service,
  title  = {Social Service},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/interests/social-service}
}

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