High paying social service jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Employed

1Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$71,680
Bachelor's degree
$51,980 – $96,7701,040
2Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$70,920
Master's degree
$49,320 – $95,590900
3Child, Family, and School Social Workers$67,560
Bachelor's degree
$47,820 – $110,6204,240
4Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$67,080
Master's degree
$51,120 – $100,6602,990
5Healthcare Social Workers$63,480
Master's degree
$46,960 – $95,7502,300
6Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$62,810
Master's degree
$47,110 – $100,3208,480
7Community Health Workers$62,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,880 – $76,910820
8Social Workers, All Other$61,870
Bachelor's degree
$47,910 – $105,3901,080
9Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$57,830
Bachelor's degree
$42,170 – $92,4303,620
10Social and Human Service Assistants$49,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,650 – $68,4502,500
11Rehabilitation Counselors$47,840
Master's degree
$36,800 – $91,030600

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

#	Occupation	MedianDenver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$71,680	$51,980 – $96,770	1,040
2	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$70,920	$49,320 – $95,590	900
3	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$67,560	$47,820 – $110,620	4,240
4	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$67,080	$51,120 – $100,660	2,990
5	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$63,480	$46,960 – $95,750	2,300
6	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$62,810	$47,110 – $100,320	8,480
7	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,400	$48,880 – $76,910	820
8	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$61,870	$47,910 – $105,390	1,080
9	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$57,830	$42,170 – $92,430	3,620
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,700	$40,650 – $68,450	2,500
11	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$47,840	$36,800 – $91,030	600

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. 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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