High paying social service jobs in Texas

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Texas. 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 Texas run 2.9% below the national average (2024), so a Texas salary is worth about 1.03× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Texas.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Texas · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$69,990
Master's degree
$40,210 – $98,15010,880
2Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$67,900
Master's degree
$42,380 – $101,83031,730
3Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$62,630
Master's degree
$37,650 – $95,91021,400
4Health Education Specialists$59,340
Bachelor's degree
$45,790 – $112,3205,320
5Child, Family, and School Social Workers$55,680
Bachelor's degree
$37,230 – $73,67021,670
6Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$52,880
Bachelor's degree
$46,020 – $74,2908,100
7Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$48,400
Bachelor's degree
$31,040 – $71,9106,080
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$46,630
Master's degree
$36,870 – $79,2108,220
9Social and Human Service Assistants$45,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,350 – $60,46021,620

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

#	Occupation	MedianTexas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$69,990	$40,210 – $98,150	10,880
2	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$67,900	$42,380 – $101,830	31,730
3	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$62,630	$37,650 – $95,910	21,400
4	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$59,340	$45,790 – $112,320	5,320
5	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$55,680	$37,230 – $73,670	21,670
6	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$52,880	$46,020 – $74,290	8,100
7	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$48,400	$31,040 – $71,910	6,080
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$46,630	$36,870 – $79,210	8,220
9	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,860	$31,350 – $60,460	21,620

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