Healthcare Practitioners

Public Health Officers

SOC 29-9021

Design and implement programs that protect and improve population health.

Median pay

$68k

$49k to $96k typical range

Outlook

Growing fast

3k openings / yr

Education

Master's (MPH)

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

8/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

33rd pct

More exposed than 33% of occupations · modeled estimate · 89th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

69/100

Key skills

Epidemiology
Policy
Program management
Communication
Data analysis

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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.