High paying social service jobs in Billings, MT

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Billings, MT. 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 Billings, MT run 6.5% below the national average (2024), so a Billings, MT 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, Billings, MT · Employed

1Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$80,140
Master's degree
$39,180 – $102,680160
2Clergy$70,660
Bachelor's degree
$34,980 – $85,220120
3Healthcare Social Workers$59,910
Master's degree
$47,920 – $81,980140
4Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$59,750
Bachelor's degree
$59,750 – $74,28060
5Social Workers, All Other$58,860
Bachelor's degree
$37,840 – $100,42070
6Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$58,350
Master's degree
$38,470 – $98,820390
7Community Health Workers$55,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,510 – $83,93050
8Health Education Specialists$51,200
Bachelor's degree
$37,170 – $105,49030
9Child, Family, and School Social Workers$50,310
Bachelor's degree
$37,120 – $60,240320
10Rehabilitation Counselors$46,880
Master's degree
$37,410 – $78,97070
11Directors, Religious Activities and Education$44,650
Bachelor's degree
$29,000 – $69,220110
12Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$43,310
Master's degree
$37,960 – $77,260260
13Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$39,710
Bachelor's degree
$31,200 – $61,190140
14Social and Human Service Assistants$38,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,530 – $49,720180
15Religious Workers, All Other$34,880
Bachelor's degree
$24,910 – $54,64070

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

#	Occupation	MedianBillings, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$80,140	$39,180 – $102,680	160
2	ClergyBachelor's degree	$70,660	$34,980 – $85,220	120
3	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$59,910	$47,920 – $81,980	140
4	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$59,750	$59,750 – $74,280	60
5	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$58,860	$37,840 – $100,420	70
6	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$58,350	$38,470 – $98,820	390
7	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,360	$39,510 – $83,930	50
8	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$51,200	$37,170 – $105,490	30
9	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$50,310	$37,120 – $60,240	320
10	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$46,880	$37,410 – $78,970	70
11	Directors, Religious Activities and EducationBachelor's degree	$44,650	$29,000 – $69,220	110
12	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$43,310	$37,960 – $77,260	260
13	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$39,710	$31,200 – $61,190	140
14	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,570	$30,530 – $49,720	180
15	Religious Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$34,880	$24,910 – $54,640	70

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