High paying social service jobs in Wisconsin

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin run 5.9% below the national average (2024), so a Wisconsin salary is worth about 1.06× 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 Wisconsin.

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

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OccupationMedian, Wisconsin · Employed

1Healthcare Social Workers$66,910
Master's degree
$50,280 – $91,0403,770
2Social Workers, All Other$62,830
Bachelor's degree
$45,720 – $98,8401,860
3Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$62,690
Master's degree
$47,470 – $86,5105,330
4Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$62,220
Master's degree
$46,510 – $94,6408,340
5Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$61,860
Master's degree
$45,430 – $87,6901,880
6Child, Family, and School Social Workers$59,280
Bachelor's degree
$44,400 – $80,9005,710
7Social and Human Service Assistants$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $71,3907,750
8Rehabilitation Counselors$46,530
Master's degree
$32,930 – $69,9902,390

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

#	Occupation	MedianWisconsin	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$66,910	$50,280 – $91,040	3,770
2	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$62,830	$45,720 – $98,840	1,860
3	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$62,690	$47,470 – $86,510	5,330
4	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$62,220	$46,510 – $94,640	8,340
5	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$61,860	$45,430 – $87,690	1,880
6	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$59,280	$44,400 – $80,900	5,710
7	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$34,990 – $71,390	7,750
8	Rehabilitation CounselorsMaster's degree	$46,530	$32,930 – $69,990	2,390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Wisconsin. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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

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