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Occupational Employment and Wages, 2002
21-1091 Health Educators
Promote, maintain, and improve individual and community health by assisting individuals and communities to adopt healthy behaviors. Collect and analyze data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies and environments. May also serve as a resource to assist individuals, other professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.
National estimates for this occupation Industry profile for this occupation State profile for this occupation Metropolitan area profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
Employment (1) |
Employment RSE (3) |
Mean hourly wage |
Mean annual wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
43,240 |
1.9 % |
$18.84 |
$39,190 |
1.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50% (Median) |
75% |
90% |
Hourly Wage |
$10.37 |
$13.32 |
$17.43 |
$23.27 |
$29.55 |
Annual Wage (2) |
$21,580 |
$27,710 |
$36,240 |
$48,400 |
$61,460 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
Industry |
Employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage |
Employment rank |
Wage rank |
General medical and surgical hospitals |
8,410 |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
1 |
8 |
Local government (OES designation) |
6,430 |
$17.87 |
$37,170 |
2 |
23 |
State government (OES designation) |
5,330 |
$19.63 |
$40,830 |
3 |
15 |
Individual and family services |
5,300 |
$14.97 |
$31,130 |
4 |
30 |
Outpatient care centers |
2,190 |
$15.40 |
$32,040 |
5 |
28 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
State profile for this occupation: Top
States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:
State |
Employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage |
Percent of State employment |
Wage rank within State |
Vermont |
260 |
$19.05 |
$39,630 |
0.089% |
175 |
Hawaii |
420 |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
0.076% |
272 |
Washington |
1,820 |
$20.51 |
$42,660 |
0.071% |
289 |
Georgia |
2,500 |
$21.87 |
$45,480 |
0.066% |
179 |
Alaska |
180 |
$18.63 |
$38,750 |
0.063% |
243 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
State |
Employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage |
Percent of State employment |
Wage rank within State |
Maryland |
1,080 |
$28.40 |
$59,070 |
0.044% |
98 |
District of Columbia |
230 |
$26.02 |
$54,130 |
0.039% |
146 |
Rhode Island |
220 |
$25.82 |
$53,700 |
0.047% |
106 |
Georgia |
2,500 |
$21.87 |
$45,480 |
0.066% |
179 |
New Jersey |
1,490 |
$21.41 |
$44,540 |
0.039% |
279 |
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:
MSA |
Employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage |
Percent of MSA employment |
Olympia, WA PMSA |
310 |
$22.98 |
$47,790 |
0.364% |
Medford-Ashland, OR MSA |
160 |
$14.15 |
$29,440 |
0.216% |
Santa Fe, NM MSA |
120 |
$14.44 |
$30,040 |
0.165% |
Tyler, TX MSA |
120 |
$14.57 |
$30,300 |
0.144% |
Lincoln, NE MSA |
170 |
$18.27 |
$38,000 |
0.117% |
Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:
MSA |
Employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage |
Percent of MSA employment |
Portland, ME MSA |
100 |
$29.92 |
$62,230 |
0.065% |
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA |
1,190 |
$29.19 |
$60,710 |
0.045% |
Oakland, CA PMSA |
270 |
$26.90 |
$55,950 |
0.027% |
Sacramento, CA PMSA |
480 |
$26.75 |
$55,630 |
0.065% |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA |
260 |
$24.22 |
$50,380 |
0.051% |
About 2002 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
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These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia.
The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).
Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(6) Estimates not released.
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Technical notes
Last Modified Date: November 26, 2003
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