High paying social service jobs in Fayetteville, NC

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Fayetteville, NC. 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 Fayetteville, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Fayetteville, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Fayetteville, NC · Employed

1Child, Family, and School Social Workers$63,320
Bachelor's degree
$44,070 – $74,740500
2Healthcare Social Workers$61,930
Master's degree
$35,120 – $78,960150
3Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$58,420
Bachelor's degree
$45,410 – $74,150120
4Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$57,580
Master's degree
$39,820 – $72,090320
5Clergy$55,540
Bachelor's degree
$43,000 – $68,51040
6Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$53,210
Bachelor's degree
$35,580 – $73,66070
7Health Education Specialists$51,490
Bachelor's degree
$46,020 – $80,98040
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$50,150
Master's degree
$30,330 – $69,330100
9Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$47,980
Master's degree
$36,900 – $73,380320
10Rehabilitation Counselors$42,500
Master's degree
$31,770 – $55,000150
11Social and Human Service Assistants$35,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,810 – $60,530360

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

#	Occupation	MedianFayetteville, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$63,320	$44,070 – $74,740	500
2	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$61,930	$35,120 – $78,960	150
3	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$58,420	$45,410 – $74,150	120
4	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$57,580	$39,820 – $72,090	320
5	ClergyBachelor's degree	$55,540	$43,000 – $68,510	40
6	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$53,210	$35,580 – $73,660	70
7	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$51,490	$46,020 – $80,980	40
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$50,150	$30,330 – $69,330	100
9	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$47,980	$36,900 – $73,380	320
10	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$42,500	$31,770 – $55,000	150
11	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,230	$27,810 – $60,530	360

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