High paying social service jobs in Fargo, ND-MN

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Fargo, ND-MN. 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 Fargo, ND-MN run 9.1% below the national average (2024), so a Fargo, ND-MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Fargo, ND-MN · Employed

1Social Workers, All Other$77,450
Bachelor's degree
$63,790 – $96,100160
2Marriage and Family Therapists$73,210
Master's degree
$56,510 – $95,07070
3Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$70,830
Bachelor's degree
$57,910 – $91,15070
4Healthcare Social Workers$62,860
Master's degree
$51,800 – $78,920130
5Rehabilitation Counselors$61,420
Master's degree
$41,550 – $88,00080
6Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$60,130
Master's degree
$44,860 – $84,040610
7Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$59,870
Master's degree
$48,530 – $97,45090
8Child, Family, and School Social Workers$59,860
Bachelor's degree
$47,510 – $80,690220
9Health Education Specialists$58,410
Bachelor's degree
$46,860 – $87,71080
10Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$52,960
Master's degree
$47,840 – $87,320220
11Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$50,700
Bachelor's degree
$39,900 – $92,67060
12Social and Human Service Assistants$46,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $63,080630

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

#	Occupation	MedianFargo, ND-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$77,450	$63,790 – $96,100	160
2	Marriage and Family TherapistsMaster's degree	$73,210	$56,510 – $95,070	70
3	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$70,830	$57,910 – $91,150	70
4	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$62,860	$51,800 – $78,920	130
5	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$61,420	$41,550 – $88,000	80
6	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$60,130	$44,860 – $84,040	610
7	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$59,870	$48,530 – $97,450	90
8	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$59,860	$47,510 – $80,690	220
9	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$58,410	$46,860 – $87,710	80
10	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$52,960	$47,840 – $87,320	220
11	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$50,700	$39,900 – $92,670	60
12	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,960	$38,690 – $63,080	630

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fargo, ND-MN. 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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