According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022)
Government |
26% |
Hospitals; state, local, and private |
17% |
Individual and family services |
6% |
Outpatient care centers |
7% |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations |
6% |
Government |
20% |
Individual and family services |
15% |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations |
12% |
Hospitals; state, local, and private |
8% |
Outpatient care centers |
8% |
Consider this information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022)
Compare this anticipated growth to other professions, while examining the percent change in employment, projected from 2020-30 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2021):
Consider information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022):
The median annual wage for community health workers was $46,590 in May 2021. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $30,440, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $70,720.
The median annual wage for health education specialists was $60,600 in May 2021. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $37,020, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $102,480.
In May 2021, the median annual wages for community health workers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Hospitals; state, local, and private |
$49,240 |
Government |
47,400 |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations |
46,910 |
Outpatient care centers |
39,600 |
Individual and family services |
38,700 |
In May 2021, the median annual wages for health education specialists in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Hospitals; state, local, and private |
$76,450 |
Government |
60,670 |
Outpatient care centers |
54,060 |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations |
49,300 |
Individual and family services |
47,040 |
Examining data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2002), compare the above medial annual wages cited to those for other occupations:
Dietitians & Nutritionists (Bachelor’s degree) |
$61,650 |
Epidemiologists (Master’s degree) |
$78,830 |
High School Teachers (Bachelor’s degree) |
$61,820 |
Marriage and Family Therapists (Master's degree) |
$49,880 |
Middle School Teachers (Bachelor's degree) |
$61,320 |
Social Workers |
$50,390 |
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (Bachelors degree) |
$48,520 |