High paying social service jobs in Cleveland, OH

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cleveland, OH. 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 Cleveland, OH run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Cleveland, OH salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Cleveland, OH · Employed

1Health Education Specialists$72,620
Bachelor's degree
$43,030 – $112,890390
2Social Workers, All Other$68,100
Bachelor's degree
$40,900 – $124,380540
3Healthcare Social Workers$66,230
Master's degree
$46,290 – $87,2701,790
4Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$61,620
Master's degree
$40,620 – $101,3702,410
5Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$61,120
Bachelor's degree
$46,480 – $81,990550
6Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$59,630
Master's degree
$39,300 – $79,6502,860
7Child, Family, and School Social Workers$57,860
Bachelor's degree
$43,190 – $74,8303,840
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$45,390
Master's degree
$22,260 – $65,3801,230
9Rehabilitation Counselors$40,130
Master's degree
$23,010 – $75,250630
10Social and Human Service Assistants$39,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,900 – $50,4301,900

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

#	Occupation	MedianCleveland, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$72,620	$43,030 – $112,890	390
2	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$68,100	$40,900 – $124,380	540
3	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$66,230	$46,290 – $87,270	1,790
4	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$61,620	$40,620 – $101,370	2,410
5	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$61,120	$46,480 – $81,990	550
6	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$59,630	$39,300 – $79,650	2,860
7	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$57,860	$43,190 – $74,830	3,840
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$45,390	$22,260 – $65,380	1,230
9	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$40,130	$23,010 – $75,250	630
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,780	$28,900 – $50,430	1,900

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