High paying social service jobs in Louisiana

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Louisiana. 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 Louisiana run 11.8% below the national average (2024), so a Louisiana salary is worth about 1.13× 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 Louisiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Louisiana · Employed

1Social Workers, All Other$69,230
Bachelor's degree
$43,000 – $111,090850
2Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$62,910
Bachelor's degree
$44,230 – $85,060980
3Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$61,870
Master's degree
$45,340 – $87,9404,820
4Healthcare Social Workers$61,080
Master's degree
$43,830 – $79,1701,970
5Child, Family, and School Social Workers$56,800
Bachelor's degree
$35,260 – $75,1101,110
6Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$49,080
Bachelor's degree
$31,050 – $74,0605,730
7Counselors, All Other$47,830
Master's degree
$34,140 – $70,3801,510
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$47,100
Master's degree
$31,890 – $72,440970
9Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$37,910
Master's degree
$29,860 – $65,7206,420
10Social and Human Service Assistants$35,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,060 – $49,8103,440

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$69,230	$43,000 – $111,090	850
2	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,910	$44,230 – $85,060	980
3	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$61,870	$45,340 – $87,940	4,820
4	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$61,080	$43,830 – $79,170	1,970
5	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$56,800	$35,260 – $75,110	1,110
6	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$49,080	$31,050 – $74,060	5,730
7	Counselors, All OtherMaster's degree	$47,830	$34,140 – $70,380	1,510
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$47,100	$31,890 – $72,440	970
9	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$37,910	$29,860 – $65,720	6,420
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,780	$27,060 – $49,810	3,440

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