High paying social service jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX run 1.9% below the national average (2024), so a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$76,020
Master's degree
$39,150 – $100,0501,010
2Health Education Specialists$71,340
Bachelor's degree
$50,630 – $104,470700
3Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$66,780
Master's degree
$38,950 – $100,2202,930
4Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$63,150
Bachelor's degree
$46,570 – $77,680650
5Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$61,570
Master's degree
$45,790 – $98,3403,500
6Child, Family, and School Social Workers$58,640
Bachelor's degree
$45,790 – $77,4201,670
7Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$52,530
Bachelor's degree
$38,590 – $80,400710
8Community Health Workers$51,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,610 – $62,670500
9Social and Human Service Assistants$49,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $60,1602,470
10Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$47,740
Master's degree
$37,730 – $77,630860

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

#	Occupation	MedianAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$76,020	$39,150 – $100,050	1,010
2	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$71,340	$50,630 – $104,470	700
3	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$66,780	$38,950 – $100,220	2,930
4	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$63,150	$46,570 – $77,680	650
5	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$61,570	$45,790 – $98,340	3,500
6	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$58,640	$45,790 – $77,420	1,670
7	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$52,530	$38,590 – $80,400	710
8	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,010	$43,610 – $62,670	500
9	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,150	$37,280 – $60,160	2,470
10	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$47,740	$37,730 – $77,630	860

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. 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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