High paying social service jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC run 2.7% below the national average (2024), so a Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC salary is worth about 1.03× 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

Find social service jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

OccupationMedian, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$66,410
Master's degree
$38,030 – $88,3501,170
2Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$62,220
Bachelor's degree
$45,410 – $75,180580
3Child, Family, and School Social Workers$60,950
Bachelor's degree
$44,810 – $85,3803,020
4Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$59,530
Master's degree
$42,360 – $77,4102,070
5Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$58,090
Master's degree
$37,060 – $76,380840
6Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$56,130
Master's degree
$35,010 – $88,6903,380
7Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$54,820
Bachelor's degree
$42,040 – $75,160660
8Health Education Specialists$54,070
Bachelor's degree
$47,840 – $95,880580
9Rehabilitation Counselors$48,290
Master's degree
$31,430 – $59,590820
10Social and Human Service Assistants$43,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,690 – $56,8302,120

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

#	Occupation	MedianCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$66,410	$38,030 – $88,350	1,170
2	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,220	$45,410 – $75,180	580
3	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$60,950	$44,810 – $85,380	3,020
4	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$59,530	$42,360 – $77,410	2,070
5	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$58,090	$37,060 – $76,380	840
6	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$56,130	$35,010 – $88,690	3,380
7	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$54,820	$42,040 – $75,160	660
8	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$54,070	$47,840 – $95,880	580
9	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$48,290	$31,430 – $59,590	820
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,480	$30,690 – $56,830	2,120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-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.

More for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Other metro areas in NC

By field in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC to rank honestly.

High paying social service jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

More for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Other metro areas in NC

By field in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Without a degree

High paying social service jobs in each state