High paying social service jobs in Idaho

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Idaho. 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 Idaho run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Idaho salary is worth about 1.05× 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 Idaho.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Idaho · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$74,500
Master's degree
$50,950 – $97,670750
2Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$63,360
Master's degree
$36,400 – $98,7602,990
3Health Education Specialists$61,330
Bachelor's degree
$43,930 – $90,120370
4Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$60,320
Master's degree
$46,710 – $79,6201,990
5Child, Family, and School Social Workers$59,840
Bachelor's degree
$37,990 – $81,650810
6Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$59,780
Bachelor's degree
$47,470 – $77,210760
7Rehabilitation Counselors$54,550
Master's degree
$29,450 – $75,710820
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$52,520
Master's degree
$40,940 – $92,770510
9Community Health Workers$52,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,500 – $94,280270
10Social and Human Service Assistants$47,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,450 – $60,4703,810

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

#	Occupation	MedianIdaho	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$74,500	$50,950 – $97,670	750
2	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$63,360	$36,400 – $98,760	2,990
3	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$61,330	$43,930 – $90,120	370
4	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$60,320	$46,710 – $79,620	1,990
5	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$59,840	$37,990 – $81,650	810
6	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$59,780	$47,470 – $77,210	760
7	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$54,550	$29,450 – $75,710	820
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$52,520	$40,940 – $92,770	510
9	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,050	$39,500 – $94,280	270
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,540	$37,450 – $60,470	3,810

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