Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021
21-1091 Health Education Specialists
Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs. Excludes “Community Health Workers” (21-1094).
National estimates for Health Education Specialists
Industry profile for Health Education Specialists
Geographic profile for Health Education Specialists
National estimates for Health Education Specialists:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Health Education Specialists:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 55,830 |
2.3 % |
$ 31.22 |
$ 64,930 |
1.0 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Health Education Specialists:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 17.80 |
$ 22.48 |
$ 29.13 |
$ 37.61 |
$ 49.27 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 37,020 |
$ 46,770 |
$ 60,600 |
$ 78,220 |
$ 102,480 |
Industry profile for Health Education Specialists:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Health Education Specialists are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Health Education Specialists, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Health Education Specialists:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
9,550 |
0.17 |
$ 35.52 |
$ 73,880 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
6,860 |
0.13 |
$ 27.96 |
$ 58,150 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
4,550 |
0.21 |
$ 25.88 |
$ 53,830 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
4,090 |
0.41 |
$ 29.56 |
$ 61,480 |
| Individual and Family Services |
3,770 |
0.14 |
$ 22.29 |
$ 46,370 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Health Education Specialists:
Top paying industries for Health Education Specialists:
Geographic profile for Health Education Specialists:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Health Education Specialists are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Health Education Specialists, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Health Education Specialists:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
7,070 |
0.43 |
1.08 |
$ 33.97 |
$ 70,650 |
| Florida |
4,540 |
0.53 |
1.33 |
$ 31.18 |
$ 64,840 |
| Texas |
3,870 |
0.32 |
0.80 |
$ 26.17 |
$ 54,440 |
| Georgia |
2,860 |
0.65 |
1.65 |
$ 42.66 |
$ 88,740 |
| New York |
2,860 |
0.33 |
0.83 |
$ 30.26 |
$ 62,930 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Health Education Specialists:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Mexico |
1,020 |
1.31 |
3.30 |
$ 24.60 |
$ 51,160 |
| Vermont |
330 |
1.17 |
2.96 |
$ 31.58 |
$ 65,690 |
| District of Columbia |
630 |
0.96 |
2.41 |
$ 45.49 |
$ 94,610 |
| Maryland |
1,910 |
0.75 |
1.90 |
$ 43.34 |
$ 90,140 |
| Delaware |
320 |
0.74 |
1.86 |
$ 30.97 |
$ 64,410 |
Top paying states for Health Education Specialists:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Health Education Specialists:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,320 |
0.90 |
2.26 |
$ 46.44 |
$ 96,590 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
2,160 |
0.25 |
0.63 |
$ 31.05 |
$ 64,590 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,060 |
0.70 |
1.77 |
$ 47.83 |
$ 99,490 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1,850 |
0.32 |
0.82 |
$ 33.45 |
$ 69,580 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,350 |
0.60 |
1.52 |
$ 38.13 |
$ 79,300 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1,330 |
0.73 |
1.84 |
$ 32.03 |
$ 66,610 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1,320 |
0.31 |
0.79 |
$ 27.67 |
$ 57,540 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
1,120 |
0.46 |
1.15 |
$ 34.50 |
$ 71,760 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,080 |
0.42 |
1.05 |
$ 34.41 |
$ 71,580 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,030 |
0.29 |
0.72 |
$ 28.31 |
$ 58,880 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Health Education Specialists:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Santa Fe, NM |
340 |
6.02 |
15.18 |
$ 21.24 |
$ 44,190 |
| Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
650 |
5.79 |
14.60 |
$ 32.61 |
$ 67,840 |
| Jefferson City, MO |
200 |
2.75 |
6.93 |
$ 22.78 |
$ 47,370 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
260 |
2.24 |
5.66 |
$ 30.75 |
$ 63,960 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
260 |
1.82 |
4.58 |
$ 16.33 |
$ 33,970 |
| Tallahassee, FL |
260 |
1.54 |
3.88 |
$ 25.18 |
$ 52,370 |
| Albuquerque, NM |
430 |
1.18 |
2.99 |
$ 28.36 |
$ 58,990 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
240 |
1.10 |
2.78 |
$ 24.81 |
$ 51,590 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
370 |
1.04 |
2.63 |
$ 29.06 |
$ 60,450 |
| Morgantown, WV |
60 |
1.04 |
2.62 |
$ 28.03 |
$ 58,310 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Health Education Specialists:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,060 |
0.70 |
1.77 |
$ 47.83 |
$ 99,490 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,320 |
0.90 |
2.26 |
$ 46.44 |
$ 96,590 |
| Danbury, CT |
40 |
0.51 |
1.29 |
$ 44.31 |
$ 92,160 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
500 |
0.46 |
1.17 |
$ 43.92 |
$ 91,340 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
(8) |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 42.55 |
$ 88,510 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
190 |
0.32 |
0.81 |
$ 40.88 |
$ 85,020 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,350 |
0.60 |
1.52 |
$ 38.13 |
$ 79,300 |
| Twin Falls, ID |
40 |
0.87 |
2.20 |
$ 37.95 |
$ 78,940 |
| Worcester, MA-CT |
90 |
0.34 |
0.85 |
$ 37.45 |
$ 77,890 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
200 |
0.77 |
1.93 |
$ 36.60 |
$ 76,130 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Health Education Specialists:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Health Education Specialists:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Health Education Specialists:
About May 2021 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022
United States Department of Labor
