High paying social service jobs in Lansing-East Lansing, MI

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. 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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI run 5.0% below the national average (2024), so a Lansing-East Lansing, MI 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.

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, Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Employed

1Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$83,180
Bachelor's degree
$60,730 – $90,79080
2Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$68,280
Master's degree
$45,250 – $90,000980
3Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$67,510
Master's degree
$45,950 – $109,190790
4Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$64,080
Master's degree
$34,650 – $102,720420
5Healthcare Social Workers$64,040
Master's degree
$47,640 – $99,970200
6Child, Family, and School Social Workers$60,900
Bachelor's degree
$39,450 – $82,690660
7Clergy$57,710
Bachelor's degree
$37,810 – $86,62080
8Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$57,200
Bachelor's degree
$42,290 – $81,500190
9Rehabilitation Counselors$52,790
Master's degree
$35,730 – $71,260200
10Community Health Workers$52,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $69,970180
11Social Workers, All Other$51,660
Bachelor's degree
$39,750 – $104,250100
12Social and Human Service Assistants$41,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,330 – $77,870600
13Directors, Religious Activities and Education$39,500
Bachelor's degree
$29,030 – $79,00070

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

#	Occupation	MedianLansing-East Lansing, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$83,180	$60,730 – $90,790	80
2	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$68,280	$45,250 – $90,000	980
3	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$67,510	$45,950 – $109,190	790
4	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$64,080	$34,650 – $102,720	420
5	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$64,040	$47,640 – $99,970	200
6	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$60,900	$39,450 – $82,690	660
7	ClergyBachelor's degree	$57,710	$37,810 – $86,620	80
8	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$57,200	$42,290 – $81,500	190
9	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$52,790	$35,730 – $71,260	200
10	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,260	$37,030 – $69,970	180
11	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$51,660	$39,750 – $104,250	100
12	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,470	$30,330 – $77,870	600
13	Directors, Religious Activities and EducationBachelor's degree	$39,500	$29,030 – $79,000	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. 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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