High paying social service jobs in Chattanooga, TN-GA

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Chattanooga, TN-GA 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, Chattanooga, TN-GA · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$59,950
Master's degree
$42,570 – $80,690610
2Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$56,660
Master's degree
$35,520 – $86,370600
3Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$56,420
Bachelor's degree
$44,850 – $68,190200
4Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$55,270
Master's degree
$35,910 – $84,410600
5Social Workers, All Other$53,640
Bachelor's degree
$35,100 – $108,760150
6Child, Family, and School Social Workers$52,330
Bachelor's degree
$37,770 – $73,120600
7Rehabilitation Counselors$49,450
Master's degree
$35,920 – $58,670160
8Marriage and Family Therapists$48,050
Master's degree
$37,600 – $59,440210
9Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$47,720
Bachelor's degree
$35,300 – $63,160140
10Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$45,360
Master's degree
$39,680 – $68,430150
11Social and Human Service Assistants$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $55,090400

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

#	Occupation	MedianChattanooga, TN-GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$59,950	$42,570 – $80,690	610
2	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$56,660	$35,520 – $86,370	600
3	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$56,420	$44,850 – $68,190	200
4	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$55,270	$35,910 – $84,410	600
5	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$53,640	$35,100 – $108,760	150
6	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$52,330	$37,770 – $73,120	600
7	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$49,450	$35,920 – $58,670	160
8	Marriage and Family TherapistsMaster's degree	$48,050	$37,600 – $59,440	210
9	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$47,720	$35,300 – $63,160	140
10	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$45,360	$39,680 – $68,430	150
11	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$30,300 – $55,090	400

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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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