High paying social service jobs in Winston-Salem, NC

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Winston-Salem, NC. 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$66,270
Bachelor's degree
$45,410 – $75,180190
2Clergy$61,160
Bachelor's degree
$37,560 – $76,830100
3Healthcare Social Workers$61,030
Master's degree
$47,290 – $78,710410
4Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$60,110
Master's degree
$38,430 – $91,080140
5Child, Family, and School Social Workers$58,930
Bachelor's degree
$45,010 – $73,600630
6Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$55,790
Master's degree
$38,950 – $83,010540
7Community Health Workers$48,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,520 – $68,200110
8Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$47,620
Master's degree
$37,530 – $81,530380
9Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$46,780
Bachelor's degree
$36,760 – $78,260160
10Social and Human Service Assistants$44,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,020 – $83,830470
11Rehabilitation Counselors$43,280
Master's degree
$31,380 – $58,220100

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$66,270	$45,410 – $75,180	190
2	ClergyBachelor's degree	$61,160	$37,560 – $76,830	100
3	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$61,030	$47,290 – $78,710	410
4	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$60,110	$38,430 – $91,080	140
5	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$58,930	$45,010 – $73,600	630
6	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$55,790	$38,950 – $83,010	540
7	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,910	$37,520 – $68,200	110
8	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$47,620	$37,530 – $81,530	380
9	Community and Social Service Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$46,780	$36,760 – $78,260	160
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,890	$34,020 – $83,830	470
11	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$43,280	$31,380 – $58,220	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Winston-Salem, NC. 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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