High paying social service jobs in Bend, OR

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bend, OR. 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 Bend, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Bend, OR salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Bend, OR · Employed

1Marriage and Family Therapists$94,140
Master's degree
$60,060 – $165,19080
2Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$84,930
Bachelor's degree
$61,730 – $100,500120
3Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$82,020
Master's degree
$60,620 – $128,010200
4Healthcare Social Workers$79,090
Master's degree
$60,030 – $107,450100
5Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$75,470
Master's degree
$48,550 – $104,320590
6Social Workers, All Other$70,320
Bachelor's degree
$53,700 – $89,220160
7Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$66,710
Master's degree
$57,330 – $79,150170
8Child, Family, and School Social Workers$62,760
Bachelor's degree
$49,530 – $89,220320
9Rehabilitation Counselors$60,170
Master's degree
$42,080 – $86,460140
10Clergy$59,850
Bachelor's degree
$33,670 – $83,570240
11Community Health Workers$57,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,980 – $80,720120
12Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$55,510
Bachelor's degree
$42,240 – $73,740120
13Social and Human Service Assistants$49,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,400 – $64,130480
14Directors, Religious Activities and Education$46,450
Bachelor's degree
$33,560 – $70,52090

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

#	Occupation	MedianBend, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Marriage and Family TherapistsMaster's degree	$94,140	$60,060 – $165,190	80
2	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$84,930	$61,730 – $100,500	120
3	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$82,020	$60,620 – $128,010	200
4	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$79,090	$60,030 – $107,450	100
5	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$75,470	$48,550 – $104,320	590
6	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$70,320	$53,700 – $89,220	160
7	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$66,710	$57,330 – $79,150	170
8	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$62,760	$49,530 – $89,220	320
9	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$60,170	$42,080 – $86,460	140
10	ClergyBachelor's degree	$59,850	$33,670 – $83,570	240
11	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,690	$44,980 – $80,720	120
12	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$55,510	$42,240 – $73,740	120
13	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,520	$39,400 – $64,130	480
14	Directors, Religious Activities and EducationBachelor's degree	$46,450	$33,560 – $70,520	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bend, OR. 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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