High paying social service jobs in Georgia
Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Georgia. 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 Georgia run 3.7% below the national average (2024), so a Georgia salary is worth about 1.04× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Georgia.
Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024
Bachelor's degree
$51,800 – $153,6303,210Master's degree
$42,040 – $101,88011,460Master's degree
$43,260 – $86,9906,970Bachelor's degree
$45,280 – $71,5702,650Master's degree
$37,390 – $90,9809,600Bachelor's degree
$35,690 – $83,3807,110Bachelor's degree
$29,840 – $74,4603,740High school diploma or equivalent
$29,030 – $58,0507,410
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianGeorgia | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree | $99,400 | $51,800 – $153,630 | 3,210 |
| 2 | Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree | $63,720 | $42,040 – $101,880 | 11,460 |
| 3 | Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree | $62,420 | $43,260 – $86,990 | 6,970 |
| 4 | Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree | $60,270 | $45,280 – $71,570 | 2,650 |
| 5 | Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree | $58,960 | $37,390 – $90,980 | 9,600 |
| 6 | Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree | $47,510 | $35,690 – $83,380 | 7,110 |
| 7 | Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree | $45,220 | $29,840 – $74,460 | 3,740 |
| 8 | Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $39,480 | $29,030 – $58,050 | 7,410 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Georgia. 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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Metro areas in Georgia
Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.
By field in Georgia
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Without a degree
The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Georgia to rank honestly.
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- High paying personal care jobs in Georgia with no experience
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- High paying sales jobs in Georgia with no experience
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- High paying office and admin jobs in Georgia with no experience
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- High paying construction jobs in Georgia with no experience
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- High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Georgia with no experience
- High paying production jobs in Georgia with no degree
- High paying production jobs in Georgia with no experience
- High paying transportation jobs in Georgia with no degree
- High paying transportation jobs in Georgia with no experience
High paying social service jobs in each state
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