High paying social service jobs in El Paso, TX

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in El Paso, TX. 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 El Paso, TX run 10.1% below the national average (2024), so a El Paso, TX salary is worth about 1.11× 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, El Paso, TX · Employed

1Social Workers, All Other$89,020
Bachelor's degree
$42,520 – $113,170180
2Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$70,810
Master's degree
$38,020 – $103,790960
3Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$62,510
Master's degree
$37,860 – $81,460760
4Healthcare Social Workers$55,680
Master's degree
$29,490 – $86,250450
5Child, Family, and School Social Workers$54,340
Bachelor's degree
$37,090 – $70,210660
6Health Education Specialists$50,520
Bachelor's degree
$40,350 – $86,260160
7Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$48,260
Bachelor's degree
$42,130 – $73,800290
8Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$47,810
Bachelor's degree
$29,480 – $61,000200
9Community Health Workers$45,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,950 – $49,590110
10Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$44,150
Master's degree
$39,630 – $77,440230
11Social and Human Service Assistants$40,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,100 – $56,480830

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

#	Occupation	MedianEl Paso, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$89,020	$42,520 – $113,170	180
2	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$70,810	$38,020 – $103,790	960
3	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$62,510	$37,860 – $81,460	760
4	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$55,680	$29,490 – $86,250	450
5	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$54,340	$37,090 – $70,210	660
6	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$50,520	$40,350 – $86,260	160
7	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$48,260	$42,130 – $73,800	290
8	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$47,810	$29,480 – $61,000	200
9	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,240	$33,950 – $49,590	110
10	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$44,150	$39,630 – $77,440	230
11	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,050	$25,100 – $56,480	830

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in El Paso, TX. 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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