High paying social service jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN run 4.6% below the national average (2024), so a Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$70,670
Master's degree
$47,540 – $95,2901,600
2Social Workers, All Other$65,770
Bachelor's degree
$39,210 – $103,440470
3Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$61,830
Master's degree
$46,220 – $96,6802,470
4Clergy$61,390
Bachelor's degree
$37,440 – $80,840410
5Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$59,380
Bachelor's degree
$48,500 – $80,480590
6Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$58,520
Master's degree
$39,000 – $81,8103,460
7Child, Family, and School Social Workers$55,080
Bachelor's degree
$40,340 – $76,0802,580
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$45,390
Master's degree
$35,050 – $72,330970
9Rehabilitation Counselors$45,300
Master's degree
$36,520 – $84,760400
10Social and Human Service Assistants$41,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,530 – $59,3302,100

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

#	Occupation	MedianCincinnati, OH-KY-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$70,670	$47,540 – $95,290	1,600
2	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$65,770	$39,210 – $103,440	470
3	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$61,830	$46,220 – $96,680	2,470
4	ClergyBachelor's degree	$61,390	$37,440 – $80,840	410
5	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$59,380	$48,500 – $80,480	590
6	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$58,520	$39,000 – $81,810	3,460
7	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$55,080	$40,340 – $76,080	2,580
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$45,390	$35,050 – $72,330	970
9	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$45,300	$36,520 – $84,760	400
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,800	$31,530 – $59,330	2,100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. 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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