High paying social service jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA run 1.8% above the national average (2024), so a Providence-Warwick, RI-MA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Employed

1Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$75,910
Master's degree
$49,840 – $102,3401,920
2Healthcare Social Workers$74,350
Master's degree
$48,330 – $97,010960
3Child, Family, and School Social Workers$70,900
Bachelor's degree
$42,930 – $98,4803,520
4Health Education Specialists$67,630
Bachelor's degree
$38,660 – $105,120230
5Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$62,340
Bachelor's degree
$47,400 – $92,310290
6Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$59,930
Master's degree
$45,740 – $110,2101,400
7Clergy$59,800
Bachelor's degree
$34,610 – $88,430250
8Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$59,120
Master's degree
$40,840 – $95,7803,850
9Community Health Workers$52,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,250 – $73,550650
10Social and Human Service Assistants$47,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,580 – $69,9903,000
11Rehabilitation Counselors$47,010
Master's degree
$38,500 – $92,250900

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

#	Occupation	MedianProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$75,910	$49,840 – $102,340	1,920
2	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$74,350	$48,330 – $97,010	960
3	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$70,900	$42,930 – $98,480	3,520
4	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$67,630	$38,660 – $105,120	230
5	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$62,340	$47,400 – $92,310	290
6	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$59,930	$45,740 – $110,210	1,400
7	ClergyBachelor's degree	$59,800	$34,610 – $88,430	250
8	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$59,120	$40,840 – $95,780	3,850
9	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,130	$43,250 – $73,550	650
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,440	$36,580 – $69,990	3,000
11	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$47,010	$38,500 – $92,250	900

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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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