Community & Social Service

Health Education Specialists

SOC 21-1091

Teach communities how to stay healthy and prevent disease.

The job

Median pay

$64k

$51k to $87k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+5.6% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

6/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

61st pct

More exposed than 61% of occupations · modeled estimate · 58th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

55/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Writing
Speaking
Learning Strategies
Active Learning
Reading Comprehension

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	12,520	0.7	1.6×	$64k
Texas	5,320	0.4	0.9×	$59k
New York	4,150	0.4	1.0×	$63k
Florida	3,287	0.3	0.8×	$46k~
Georgia	3,210	0.7	1.6×	$99k
Pennsylvania	2,690	0.4	1.1×	$81k
Massachusetts	2,420	0.7	1.6×	$58k
Maryland	2,220	0.8	1.9×	$104k
North Carolina	2,110	0.4	1.0×	$58k
Ohio	1,970	0.4	0.8×	$65k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Washington	1,750	0.5	1.2×	$77k
Michigan	1,480	0.3	0.8×	$56k
New Jersey	1,420	0.3	0.8×	$74k
Indiana	1,380	0.4	1.0×	$58k
Minnesota	1,250	0.4	1.0×	$78k
Missouri	1,228	0.4	1.0×	$57k~
Arizona	1,140	0.4	0.8×	$63k
Illinois	1,010	0.2	0.4×	$60k
Wisconsin	900	0.3	0.7×	$74k
Oregon	840	0.4	1.0×	$76k
Oklahoma	820	0.5	1.1×	$62k
Kentucky	760	0.4	0.9×	$65k
Colorado	750	0.3	0.6×	$74k
Virginia	690	0.2	0.4×	$64k
Washington DC	680	1.0	2.3×	$103k
New Mexico	660	0.8	1.8×	$58k
Alabama	540	0.3	0.6×	$65k
Iowa	540	0.3	0.8×	$76k
Kansas	520	0.4	0.9×	$63k
Maine	490	0.8	1.8×	$58k
Tennessee	490	0.1	0.3×	$50k
Utah	490	0.3	0.7×	$60k
Louisiana	470	0.2	0.6×	$58k
South Carolina	470	0.2	0.5×	$65k
Mississippi	410	0.4	0.8×	$51k
Connecticut	400	0.2	0.6×	$67k
West Virginia	400	0.6	1.4×	$63k
Idaho	370	0.4	1.0×	$61k
Delaware	340	0.7	1.7×	$63k
Alaska	310	1.0	2.3×	$72k
Nevada	270	0.2	0.4×	$62k
New Hampshire	250	0.4	0.9×	$70k
Montana	240	0.5	1.1×	$51k
Nebraska	230	0.2	0.5×	$57k
Arkansas	200	0.2	0.4×	$62k
North Dakota	200	0.5	1.1×	$60k
Hawaii	190	0.3	0.7×	$64k
South Dakota	190	0.4	1.0×	$57k
Vermont	180	0.6	1.4×	$68k
Rhode Island	150	0.3	0.7×	$75k
Wyoming	90	0.3	0.8×	$63k

Top metro areas

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,320 jobs · $62k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,380 jobs · $64k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA2,580 jobs · $112k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,100 jobs · $125k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,850 jobs · $99k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,620 jobs · $62k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,270 jobs · $75k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,140 jobs · $64k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.