High paying social service jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · Employed

1Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$72,910
Master's degree
$43,560 – $116,3001,510
2Healthcare Social Workers$68,970
Master's degree
$47,370 – $88,860620
3Health Education Specialists$67,720
Bachelor's degree
$45,040 – $98,880220
4Child, Family, and School Social Workers$59,100
Bachelor's degree
$39,680 – $81,5401,760
5Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$58,380
Bachelor's degree
$52,490 – $73,340330
6Community Health Workers$56,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,790 – $80,480270
7Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$50,970
Master's degree
$37,530 – $87,3602,870
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$45,930
Master's degree
$37,370 – $76,150440
9Social and Human Service Assistants$41,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $58,6501,410

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$72,910	$43,560 – $116,300	1,510
2	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$68,970	$47,370 – $88,860	620
3	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$67,720	$45,040 – $98,880	220
4	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$59,100	$39,680 – $81,540	1,760
5	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$58,380	$52,490 – $73,340	330
6	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,180	$39,790 – $80,480	270
7	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$50,970	$37,530 – $87,360	2,870
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$45,930	$37,370 – $76,150	440
9	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,880	$31,410 – $58,650	1,410

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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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