High paying social service jobs in Lewiston-Auburn, ME
Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lewiston-Auburn, ME. 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 Lewiston-Auburn, ME run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a Lewiston-Auburn, ME salary is worth about 1.06× 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
Master's degree
$56,180 – $78,60060Bachelor's degree
$50,790 – $84,090190Master's degree
$45,910 – $123,050130Bachelor's degree
$49,790 – $94,89050Master's degree
$45,300 – $79,780120Bachelor's degree
$46,100 – $101,34050Master's degree
$38,410 – $88,480160High school diploma or equivalent
$45,500 – $67,28040High school diploma or equivalent
$38,820 – $60,490450
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianLewiston-Auburn, ME | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree | $65,070 | $56,180 – $78,600 | 60 |
| 2 | Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree | $61,980 | $50,790 – $84,090 | 190 |
| 3 | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree | $61,800 | $45,910 – $123,050 | 130 |
| 4 | Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree | $60,280 | $49,790 – $94,890 | 50 |
| 5 | Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree | $59,500 | $45,300 – $79,780 | 120 |
| 6 | Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree | $59,210 | $46,100 – $101,340 | 50 |
| 7 | Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree | $55,480 | $38,410 – $88,480 | 160 |
| 8 | Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $51,550 | $45,500 – $67,280 | 40 |
| 9 | Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $48,110 | $38,820 – $60,490 | 450 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lewiston-Auburn, ME. 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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