High paying social service jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1Social Workers, All Other$91,980
Bachelor's degree
$44,350 – $109,300160
2Healthcare Social Workers$66,360
Master's degree
$40,360 – $79,650320
3Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$62,600
Master's degree
$42,440 – $82,530450
4Clergy$57,160
Bachelor's degree
$30,040 – $84,32080
5Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$56,070
Bachelor's degree
$45,440 – $71,640160
6Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$55,320
Master's degree
$38,990 – $83,370510
7Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$48,260
Bachelor's degree
$36,100 – $75,650140
8Child, Family, and School Social Workers$47,080
Bachelor's degree
$35,760 – $83,380350
9Social and Human Service Assistants$38,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,250 – $56,990390
10Rehabilitation Counselors$35,580
Master's degree
$31,700 – $61,69080

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

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$91,980	$44,350 – $109,300	160
2	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$66,360	$40,360 – $79,650	320
3	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$62,600	$42,440 – $82,530	450
4	ClergyBachelor's degree	$57,160	$30,040 – $84,320	80
5	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$56,070	$45,440 – $71,640	160
6	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$55,320	$38,990 – $83,370	510
7	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$48,260	$36,100 – $75,650	140
8	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$47,080	$35,760 – $83,380	350
9	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,660	$27,250 – $56,990	390
10	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$35,580	$31,700 – $61,690	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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