High paying social service jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in St. Louis, MO-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 St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× 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, St. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$62,200
Master's degree
$40,400 – $92,1001,860
2Clergy$60,290
Bachelor's degree
$41,470 – $78,820440
3Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$60,160
Master's degree
$45,400 – $91,5303,680
4Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$58,570
Master's degree
$38,580 – $91,6003,330
5Child, Family, and School Social Workers$51,080
Bachelor's degree
$41,980 – $83,1603,790
6Community Health Workers$49,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,590 – $64,180740
7Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$49,520
Master's degree
$37,270 – $72,800820
8Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$47,260
Bachelor's degree
$46,840 – $77,940660
9Social and Human Service Assistants$45,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $62,3902,730
10Rehabilitation Counselors$44,620
Master's degree
$39,480 – $70,790990

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$62,200	$40,400 – $92,100	1,860
2	ClergyBachelor's degree	$60,290	$41,470 – $78,820	440
3	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$60,160	$45,400 – $91,530	3,680
4	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$58,570	$38,580 – $91,600	3,330
5	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$51,080	$41,980 – $83,160	3,790
6	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,650	$38,590 – $64,180	740
7	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$49,520	$37,270 – $72,800	820
8	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$47,260	$46,840 – $77,940	660
9	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,430	$34,960 – $62,390	2,730
10	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$44,620	$39,480 – $70,790	990

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-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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