Occupation salary profile

Health Education Specialists

SOC 21-1091 BLS OEWS May 2025 H-1B LCAs, last 12 months

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 median · BLS
$64,070
▲ +1.7% YoY
H-1B sponsor median
$61,890
▲ +2.66% YoY · 124 LCAs
Average salary · BLS
$73,280
Mean annual wage
U.S. employment
65,690
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Pay range for Health Education Specialists

Annual base pay at each percentile. BLS covers all U.S. workers in this occupation; H-1B covers 124 certified Labor Condition Applications filed by sponsoring employers in the last 12 months.

Percentile All U.S. workers (BLS) H-1B sponsored
10th — entry pay$42,990$47,888
25th$50,620$53,347
Median (50th)$64,070$61,890
75th$87,130$78,083
90th — top pay$118,200$97,776
H-1B sponsors pay a median of $61,890 for Health Education Specialists — 3.4% below the BLS national median of $64,070.

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Projections 2025–2035

Job outlook for Health Education Specialists

BLS projects employment of health education specialists to grow 5.6% from 2025 to 2035, faster than the 3.5% average for all occupations. About 6,900 openings are projected each year, on average, from new jobs and from replacing workers who retire or move to other occupations.

Jobs 2025 → 2035
70,400 → 74,400
+3,900 jobs
Projected change
+5.6%
All occupations: +3.5%
Openings per year
6,900
Average, 2025–2035
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
No related experience required
Self-employed
0.2% of workers (2025)
Preparation needed (O*NET Job Zone 4)
Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Fastest-growing jobs → Best-paying jobs that need a bachelor's degree →

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–2035 · BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook →

H-1B sponsored pay

Pay by H-1B wage level

Employers assign every H-1B filing a Department of Labor prevailing-wage level, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). Pay rises steeply with level.

H-1B median $61,890
Change vs prior year +2.66%
After inflation (CPI-U) -0.46%
Wage level LCAs Share P25 Median P75
Level I 42 33.9% $47,418 $50,095 $64,354
Level II 47 37.9% $55,050 $59,987 $71,000
Level III 16 12.9% $64,782 $72,696 $86,071
Level IV 16 12.9% $83,600 $90,506 $105,984
H-1B job titles

Salaries by job title in Health Education Specialists

The 1 most-filed job titles inside SOC 21-1091, from 124 H-1B filings. Seniority words and level numbers are grouped (“Senior Data Engineer II” counts as Data Engineer). Tap a title for its full range, wage levels and the exact titles employers used.

Job title LCAs Share P25 Median P75 YoY
Health Education Specialist 15 12.1% $48,443 $53,000 $63,518 +6%

Titles are cleaned from the employer's own LCA text (codes and typos removed, nothing invented). Rows need 10+ filings in this SOC.

Skills & tools

Skills needed for Health Education Specialists

How important each skill and knowledge area is for this job, rated by O*NET on a 1–5 scale from surveys of workers and occupational analysts.

Top skills
  • Active Listening4.1
  • Speaking4.1
  • Writing4.1
  • Learning Strategies4.0
  • Active Learning3.9
  • Social Perceptiveness3.9
  • Critical Thinking3.8
  • Reading Comprehension3.8
  • Coordination3.6
  • Instructing3.4
Top knowledge areas
  • Customer and Personal Service4.6
  • Education and Training4.5
  • English Language4.2
  • Administrative4.1
  • Psychology3.6
  • Public Safety and Security3.6
  • Mathematics3.6
  • Sociology and Anthropology3.5
Software and technology used
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointAdobe PhotoshopFacebookMEDITECH softwareMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft WordBlackbaud The Raiser's EdgeBlackboard softwareBlogging softwareCenters for Disease Control and Prevention CDC WONDERCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Epi InfoEdpuzzleJamBoardLogMeIn GoToWebinar

Highlighted = in demand: frequently listed in employer job postings for this occupation (O*NET).

Source: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

About the job

What health education specialists do

  • Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.
  • Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
  • Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
  • Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
  • Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
  • Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.
  • Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys.
  • Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.
Also called
Clinical InstructorHealth Education SpecialistHealth EducatorPublic Health EducatorCertified Diabetes EducatorCommunity Health ConsultantEducation CoordinatorHealth Education CoordinatorHealth Promotion SpecialistPublic Information Officer
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Source: O*NET 31.0 (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0). These are general job titles, not H-1B filings; for titles employers actually filed, see “Job titles” above.