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Health Education Specialists

Role Overview

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).

Salary by State (top paying)

State Median salary
District of Columbia $110,620
Maryland $101,090
Georgia $97,010
Rhode Island $80,390
New Jersey $78,400
Minnesota $78,080
Pennsylvania $75,020
Oregon $73,830
New Hampshire $73,580
Alaska $72,650
Washington $72,540
Connecticut $71,980
Idaho $70,070
Colorado $69,890
Ohio $68,370

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Median Annual Salary

$63,000

Projected Growth (10yr)

+4.5%

Avg. annual openings

7.9k

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