High paying social service jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA. 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA run 7.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA salary is worth about 0.93× 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

Find social service jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

OccupationMedian, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$108,530
Master's degree
$61,320 – $141,390280
2Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$98,480
Master's degree
$55,390 – $140,490500
3Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$84,190
Master's degree
$59,160 – $148,460160
4Marriage and Family Therapists$84,080
Master's degree
$47,390 – $152,880290
5Clergy$80,760
Bachelor's degree
$44,270 – $132,46070
6Health Education Specialists$65,230
Bachelor's degree
$52,750 – $119,560150
7Community Health Workers$64,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,940 – $80,320100
8Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$63,980
Master's degree
$46,940 – $128,210870
9Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$60,260
Bachelor's degree
$37,640 – $91,150170
10Social and Human Service Assistants$58,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,980 – $95,820790
11Child, Family, and School Social Workers$56,810
Bachelor's degree
$42,110 – $117,050720
12Counselors, All Other$55,120
Master's degree
$43,930 – $94,240180
13Rehabilitation Counselors$44,970
Master's degree
$39,180 – $83,78090

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Rosa-Petaluma, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$108,530	$61,320 – $141,390	280
2	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$98,480	$55,390 – $140,490	500
3	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$84,190	$59,160 – $148,460	160
4	Marriage and Family TherapistsMaster's degree	$84,080	$47,390 – $152,880	290
5	ClergyBachelor's degree	$80,760	$44,270 – $132,460	70
6	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$65,230	$52,750 – $119,560	150
7	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,720	$48,940 – $80,320	100
8	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$63,980	$46,940 – $128,210	870
9	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$60,260	$37,640 – $91,150	170
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,580	$41,980 – $95,820	790
11	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$56,810	$42,110 – $117,050	720
12	Counselors, All OtherMaster's degree	$55,120	$43,930 – $94,240	180
13	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$44,970	$39,180 – $83,780	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA. 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.

More for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

By field in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA to rank honestly.

High paying social service jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

More for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Other metro areas in CA

By field in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Without a degree

High paying social service jobs in each state