High paying social service jobs in Utah

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Utah. 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 Utah run 1.1% below the national average (2024), so a Utah salary is worth about 1.01× 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 Utah.

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

Find social service jobs in Utah

OccupationMedian, Utah · Employed

1Marriage and Family Therapists$84,980
Master's degree
$39,800 – $151,8402,390
2Healthcare Social Workers$78,150
Master's degree
$44,410 – $109,2701,750
3Social Workers, All Other$66,440
Bachelor's degree
$51,090 – $114,500660
4Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$63,890
Master's degree
$35,410 – $106,0806,320
5Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$61,320
Master's degree
$37,260 – $101,7804,070
6Community Health Workers$55,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,480 – $74,880580
7Child, Family, and School Social Workers$52,000
Bachelor's degree
$36,040 – $98,8001,930
8Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$50,770
Master's degree
$37,980 – $101,3501,240
9Rehabilitation Counselors$43,900
Master's degree
$35,400 – $85,050650
10Social and Human Service Assistants$39,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,790 – $55,8406,540

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

#	Occupation	MedianUtah	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Marriage and Family TherapistsMaster's degree	$84,980	$39,800 – $151,840	2,390
2	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$78,150	$44,410 – $109,270	1,750
3	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$66,440	$51,090 – $114,500	660
4	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$63,890	$35,410 – $106,080	6,320
5	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$61,320	$37,260 – $101,780	4,070
6	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,700	$35,480 – $74,880	580
7	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$52,000	$36,040 – $98,800	1,930
8	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$50,770	$37,980 – $101,350	1,240
9	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$43,900	$35,400 – $85,050	650
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,930	$33,790 – $55,840	6,540

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

Metro areas in Utah

Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

By field in Utah

Without a degree

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

High paying social service jobs in Utah

More for Utah

Metro areas in Utah

By field in Utah

Without a degree

High paying social service jobs in each state