High paying social service jobs in Oklahoma

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Oklahoma. 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 Oklahoma run 12.2% below the national average (2024), so a Oklahoma salary is worth about 1.14× 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 Oklahoma.

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

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OccupationMedian, Oklahoma · Employed

1Health Education Specialists$62,440
Bachelor's degree
$39,270 – $103,780820
2Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$59,350
Master's degree
$35,350 – $92,8705,150
3Healthcare Social Workers$56,120
Master's degree
$36,920 – $81,6502,310
4Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$52,040
Master's degree
$38,100 – $81,6304,830
5Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$50,380
Bachelor's degree
$38,310 – $62,980870
6Community Health Workers$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,520 – $67,630600
7Child, Family, and School Social Workers$43,950
Bachelor's degree
$37,560 – $59,5406,500
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$43,120
Master's degree
$35,780 – $52,9301,780
9Rehabilitation Counselors$38,260
Master's degree
$27,200 – $57,3201,570
10Social and Human Service Assistants$36,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,490 – $54,3203,340

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

#	Occupation	MedianOklahoma	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,440	$39,270 – $103,780	820
2	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$59,350	$35,350 – $92,870	5,150
3	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$56,120	$36,920 – $81,650	2,310
4	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$52,040	$38,100 – $81,630	4,830
5	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$50,380	$38,310 – $62,980	870
6	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$34,520 – $67,630	600
7	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$43,950	$37,560 – $59,540	6,500
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$43,120	$35,780 – $52,930	1,780
9	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$38,260	$27,200 – $57,320	1,570
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,740	$27,490 – $54,320	3,340

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