High paying social service jobs in Athens-Clarke County, GA

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Athens-Clarke County, GA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single social service job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Athens-Clarke County, GA run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Athens-Clarke County, GA salary is worth about 1.07× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Athens-Clarke County, GA · Employed

1Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$62,450
Bachelor's degree
$51,860 – $74,50050
2Clergy$59,530
Bachelor's degree
$48,530 – $74,55040
3Healthcare Social Workers$59,280
Master's degree
$35,860 – $76,450190
4Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$57,870
Master's degree
$37,660 – $103,100180
5Health Education Specialists$49,990
Bachelor's degree
$38,840 – $92,37040
6Social Workers, All Other$47,690
Bachelor's degree
$37,840 – $106,20040
7Child, Family, and School Social Workers$47,010
Bachelor's degree
$35,690 – $67,740200
8Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$46,900
Master's degree
$27,940 – $81,990120
9Counselors, All Other$39,950
Master's degree
$33,310 – $79,77040
10Social and Human Service Assistants$36,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,440 – $49,920210
11Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$29,120
Bachelor's degree
$29,120 – $59,020160

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAthens-Clarke County, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,450	$51,860 – $74,500	50
2	ClergyBachelor's degree	$59,530	$48,530 – $74,550	40
3	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$59,280	$35,860 – $76,450	190
4	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$57,870	$37,660 – $103,100	180
5	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$49,990	$38,840 – $92,370	40
6	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$47,690	$37,840 – $106,200	40
7	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$47,010	$35,690 – $67,740	200
8	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$46,900	$27,940 – $81,990	120
9	Counselors, All OtherMaster's degree	$39,950	$33,310 – $79,770	40
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,560	$29,440 – $49,920	210
11	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$29,120	$29,120 – $59,020	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Athens-Clarke County, GA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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