High paying social service jobs in Peoria, IL

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Peoria, IL. 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 Peoria, IL run 8.8% below the national average (2024), so a Peoria, IL salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Peoria, IL · Employed

1Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$74,410
Bachelor's degree
$51,590 – $107,990120
2Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$59,510
Master's degree
$42,070 – $82,360280
3Healthcare Social Workers$59,210
Master's degree
$40,250 – $75,760150
4Directors, Religious Activities and Education$58,300
Bachelor's degree
$39,210 – $95,66080
5Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$57,350
Master's degree
$39,600 – $94,800560
6Child, Family, and School Social Workers$56,740
Bachelor's degree
$45,970 – $83,990790
7Clergy$56,080
Bachelor's degree
$36,890 – $78,70080
8Rehabilitation Counselors$49,360
Master's degree
$36,210 – $98,390120
9Religious Workers, All Other$46,060
Bachelor's degree
$36,240 – $75,00060
10Social Workers, All Other$45,200
Bachelor's degree
$40,390 – $96,890110
11Social and Human Service Assistants$42,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,980 – $67,190600

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

#	Occupation	MedianPeoria, IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$74,410	$51,590 – $107,990	120
2	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$59,510	$42,070 – $82,360	280
3	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$59,210	$40,250 – $75,760	150
4	Directors, Religious Activities and EducationBachelor's degree	$58,300	$39,210 – $95,660	80
5	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$57,350	$39,600 – $94,800	560
6	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$56,740	$45,970 – $83,990	790
7	ClergyBachelor's degree	$56,080	$36,890 – $78,700	80
8	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$49,360	$36,210 – $98,390	120
9	Religious Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$46,060	$36,240 – $75,000	60
10	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$45,200	$40,390 – $96,890	110
11	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,530	$33,980 – $67,190	600

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