High paying social service jobs in Longview-Kelso, WA

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Longview-Kelso, WA. 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 Longview-Kelso, WA run 2.5% below the national average (2024), so a Longview-Kelso, WA salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Longview-Kelso, WA · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$89,650
Master's degree
$46,430 – $125,61050
2Child, Family, and School Social Workers$80,450
Bachelor's degree
$52,300 – $100,160130
3Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$78,490
Master's degree
$63,600 – $112,75090
4Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$76,810
Bachelor's degree
$74,940 – $104,26040
5Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$65,140
Master's degree
$48,150 – $100,480270
6Rehabilitation Counselors$58,760
Master's degree
$46,770 – $126,17030
7Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$56,810
Bachelor's degree
$44,570 – $70,33040
8Social and Human Service Assistants$51,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,060 – $75,58090
9Community Health Workers$49,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,090 – $78,71030
10Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$46,790
Master's degree
$42,180 – $77,23070

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

#	Occupation	MedianLongview-Kelso, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$89,650	$46,430 – $125,610	50
2	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$80,450	$52,300 – $100,160	130
3	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$78,490	$63,600 – $112,750	90
4	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$76,810	$74,940 – $104,260	40
5	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$65,140	$48,150 – $100,480	270
6	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$58,760	$46,770 – $126,170	30
7	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$56,810	$44,570 – $70,330	40
8	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,050	$42,060 – $75,580	90
9	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,600	$42,090 – $78,710	30
10	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$46,790	$42,180 – $77,230	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Longview-Kelso, WA. 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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