High paying social service jobs in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ run 3.3% above the national average (2024), so a Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 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.

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, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$67,090
Master's degree
$45,650 – $98,3802,240
2Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$66,020
Master's degree
$44,590 – $95,2707,950
3Clergy$63,000
Bachelor's degree
$45,100 – $102,290890
4Social Workers, All Other$62,150
Bachelor's degree
$47,890 – $105,0602,040
5Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$60,520
Master's degree
$48,900 – $90,4404,330
6Community Health Workers$50,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,560 – $76,600750
7Child, Family, and School Social Workers$50,150
Bachelor's degree
$43,350 – $65,9005,060
8Rehabilitation Counselors$48,820
Master's degree
$37,700 – $61,6001,090
9Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$46,340
Master's degree
$41,460 – $67,5502,870
10Social and Human Service Assistants$43,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $50,2104,940

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

#	Occupation	MedianPhoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$67,090	$45,650 – $98,380	2,240
2	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$66,020	$44,590 – $95,270	7,950
3	ClergyBachelor's degree	$63,000	$45,100 – $102,290	890
4	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$62,150	$47,890 – $105,060	2,040
5	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$60,520	$48,900 – $90,440	4,330
6	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,550	$40,560 – $76,600	750
7	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$50,150	$43,350 – $65,900	5,060
8	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$48,820	$37,700 – $61,600	1,090
9	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$46,340	$41,460 – $67,550	2,870
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,230	$36,340 – $50,210	4,940

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. 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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