High paying social service jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$64,510
Master's degree
$39,300 – $94,6603,440
2Social Workers, All Other$62,030
Bachelor's degree
$42,220 – $115,4601,090
3Child, Family, and School Social Workers$59,710
Bachelor's degree
$40,690 – $78,0104,460
4Clergy$58,470
Bachelor's degree
$35,080 – $104,230990
5Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$57,290
Master's degree
$39,650 – $83,91010,240
6Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$57,200
Bachelor's degree
$36,770 – $81,9401,260
7Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$57,110
Master's degree
$35,760 – $94,4506,250
8Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$54,540
Bachelor's degree
$39,730 – $68,1001,070
9Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$51,510
Master's degree
$39,340 – $78,5101,370
10Social and Human Service Assistants$45,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,680 – $59,8205,980

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$64,510	$39,300 – $94,660	3,440
2	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$62,030	$42,220 – $115,460	1,090
3	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$59,710	$40,690 – $78,010	4,460
4	ClergyBachelor's degree	$58,470	$35,080 – $104,230	990
5	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$57,290	$39,650 – $83,910	10,240
6	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$57,200	$36,770 – $81,940	1,260
7	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$57,110	$35,760 – $94,450	6,250
8	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$54,540	$39,730 – $68,100	1,070
9	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$51,510	$39,340 – $78,510	1,370
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,370	$35,680 – $59,820	5,980

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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