High paying social service jobs in Oregon

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Oregon. 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 Oregon run 3.4% above the national average (2024), so a Oregon salary is worth about 0.97× 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 Oregon.

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

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OccupationMedian, Oregon · Employed

1Marriage and Family Therapists$91,520
Master's degree
$60,060 – $165,190850
2Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$84,920
Bachelor's degree
$62,960 – $107,4001,260
3Healthcare Social Workers$84,350
Master's degree
$60,480 – $111,7202,320
4Health Education Specialists$75,500
Bachelor's degree
$54,430 – $111,860840
5Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$74,590
Master's degree
$49,860 – $102,8308,160
6Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$68,210
Master's degree
$50,280 – $100,6802,230
7Social Workers, All Other$67,820
Bachelor's degree
$48,750 – $89,2203,710
8Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$66,690
Master's degree
$50,190 – $119,7803,990
9Child, Family, and School Social Workers$64,130
Bachelor's degree
$47,760 – $89,2206,630
10Clergy$63,140
Bachelor's degree
$37,970 – $99,9603,850
11Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$56,770
Bachelor's degree
$40,900 – $76,3601,980
12Rehabilitation Counselors$54,970
Master's degree
$42,650 – $83,5101,630
13Community Health Workers$53,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,000 – $73,7601,980
14Social and Human Service Assistants$51,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,860 – $67,17011,260
15Directors, Religious Activities and Education$45,360
Bachelor's degree
$32,110 – $70,5201,860
16Religious Workers, All Other$36,830
Bachelor's degree
$31,010 – $53,610660

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

#	Occupation	MedianOregon	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Marriage and Family TherapistsMaster's degree	$91,520	$60,060 – $165,190	850
2	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$84,920	$62,960 – $107,400	1,260
3	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$84,350	$60,480 – $111,720	2,320
4	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$75,500	$54,430 – $111,860	840
5	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$74,590	$49,860 – $102,830	8,160
6	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$68,210	$50,280 – $100,680	2,230
7	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$67,820	$48,750 – $89,220	3,710
8	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$66,690	$50,190 – $119,780	3,990
9	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$64,130	$47,760 – $89,220	6,630
10	ClergyBachelor's degree	$63,140	$37,970 – $99,960	3,850
11	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$56,770	$40,900 – $76,360	1,980
12	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$54,970	$42,650 – $83,510	1,630
13	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,350	$45,000 – $73,760	1,980
14	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,230	$39,860 – $67,170	11,260
15	Directors, Religious Activities and EducationBachelor's degree	$45,360	$32,110 – $70,520	1,860
16	Religious Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$36,830	$31,010 – $53,610	660

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Oregon. 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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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Oregon to rank honestly.

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