High paying social service jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Memphis, TN-MS-AR salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Memphis, TN-MS-AR · Employed

1Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$65,290
Master's degree
$45,620 – $84,5501,270
2Healthcare Social Workers$64,430
Master's degree
$41,010 – $86,790950
3Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$58,010
Bachelor's degree
$34,700 – $68,190270
4Child, Family, and School Social Workers$56,090
Bachelor's degree
$42,800 – $85,5901,810
5Social Workers, All Other$53,680
Bachelor's degree
$33,350 – $111,570310
6Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$50,260
Master's degree
$34,110 – $73,1701,560
7Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$49,870
Bachelor's degree
$36,420 – $65,610330
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$46,810
Master's degree
$40,550 – $73,490380
9Rehabilitation Counselors$43,310
Master's degree
$36,990 – $58,470220
10Social and Human Service Assistants$40,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,130 – $52,320980

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

#	Occupation	MedianMemphis, TN-MS-AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$65,290	$45,620 – $84,550	1,270
2	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$64,430	$41,010 – $86,790	950
3	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$58,010	$34,700 – $68,190	270
4	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$56,090	$42,800 – $85,590	1,810
5	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$53,680	$33,350 – $111,570	310
6	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$50,260	$34,110 – $73,170	1,560
7	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$49,870	$36,420 – $65,610	330
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$46,810	$40,550 – $73,490	380
9	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$43,310	$36,990 – $58,470	220
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,530	$17,130 – $52,320	980

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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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