Highest paying community service careers in the US
Ranked by the typical pay shown on each career's own page, so the order here cannot disagree with the pages it links to. Typical means the middle: half earn more, half earn less. Starting pay is lower, and each career page shows the full range and what it takes to get there.
9 careers in the United States
Ranked by typical pay
91Foreign Service OfficerAn American diplomat, posted where the government sends you, for a career of two-year and three-year moves.Typical pay$142kTo qualify4 to 6 yrsDemandModerate2Policy AnalystWork out whether a law or a program actually does what it promised, and write the memo that decides it.Typical pay$102kTo qualify4 to 6 yrsDemandGood3Tax AuditorCheck that businesses and people paid the tax they owed. A government job with a steady paycheck and a pension.Typical pay$84kTo qualify4 to 5 yrsDemandGood4Career CounselorHelp people pick a direction and get hired. Steady hours, modest pay, a master's degree for the better jobs.Typical pay$64kTo qualify4 to 7 yrsDemandModerate5Case ManagerYou are the person who makes a hospital, an insurer and a family all talk to each other about one patient.Typical pay$64kTo qualify2 to 6 yrsDemandModerate6Funeral DirectorLook after families on the worst week of their lives, and handle everything they cannot.Typical pay$55kTo qualify3 to 5 yrsDemandModerate7Community Health WorkerHelp people in your own neighborhood get the care and support they are entitled to.Typical pay$52kTo qualifyup to 2 yrsDemandVery high8Religious LeaderLead a congregation: worship, weddings, funerals, counseling and a great deal of admin. The pay is modest and the calling is the point.Typical pay$38kTo qualifyup to 8 yrsDemandLimited9Recreation CoordinatorYou run the programs a town actually uses: summer camp, the pool schedule, the senior center, the youth league.Typical pay$37kTo qualifyup to 4 yrsDemandModerate