DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

21-1091 Health Education Specialists

Occupational Description:
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).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 14018$24.84/hr$0.77/hr$15.98/hr$19.60/hr$24.20/hr$29.74/hr$36.51/hr
Minnesota 2,170252$28.56/hr$0.57/hr$18.99/hr$22.29/hr$27.82/hr$34.38/hr$39.81/hr
U S 58,590996$29.39/hr$0.44/hr$15.97/hr$19.90/hr$26.82/hr$36.45/hr$47.93/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Health Education Specialists
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Education and Health Services80$23.78/hr
Public Administration30$25.24/hr
Other Regional Data For Health Education Specialists
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,470 $27.50/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 140 $24.20/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 90 $30.07/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central 40 $29.65/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 40 $27.79/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 40 $18.19/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 30 $29.30/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 10 $24.27/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast N/A $31.06/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary250$28.20/hrN/A
Instructional Coordinators210$32.98/hrN/A
Tasks for Health Education Specialists