High paying social service jobs in Wyoming

Every social service occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wyoming. 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 Wyoming run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Wyoming salary is worth about 1.08× 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 Wyoming.

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

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OccupationMedian, Wyoming · Employed

1Social Workers, All Other$69,020
Bachelor's degree
$56,120 – $125,260160
2Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$63,430
Master's degree
$49,440 – $91,330770
3Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$62,980
Master's degree
$36,960 – $103,150910
4Health Education Specialists$62,750
Bachelor's degree
$56,430 – $97,98090
5Healthcare Social Workers$62,260
Master's degree
$42,380 – $93,150180
6Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$59,310
Master's degree
$39,650 – $118,900200
7Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$56,580
Bachelor's degree
$48,010 – $74,060200
8Child, Family, and School Social Workers$56,420
Bachelor's degree
$34,280 – $74,870710
9Community Health Workers$54,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $79,600140
10Social and Human Service Assistants$45,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,280 – $61,080610

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

#	Occupation	MedianWyoming	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Social Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$69,020	$56,120 – $125,260	160
2	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsMaster's degree	$63,430	$49,440 – $91,330	770
3	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health CounselorsMaster's degree	$62,980	$36,960 – $103,150	910
4	Health Education SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,750	$56,430 – $97,980	90
5	Healthcare Social WorkersMaster's degree	$62,260	$42,380 – $93,150	180
6	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersMaster's degree	$59,310	$39,650 – $118,900	200
7	Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$56,580	$48,010 – $74,060	200
8	Child, Family, and School Social WorkersBachelor's degree	$56,420	$34,280 – $74,870	710
9	Community Health WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,020	$39,520 – $79,600	140
10	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,290	$34,280 – $61,080	610

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