Headline risk
6%
Low RiskHealth education specialists
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 11% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 63,000
Employment 2024
71.8K
Projected Change (2024–34)
4.5%
Openings (2024–34)
7.9K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of health education specialists is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted. AI use: 0%
- 2. Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. AI use: 0%
- 3. Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care. AI use: 0%
- 4. Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. AI use: 87%
- 5. Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs. AI use: 0%
- 6. Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 43.4 · 349K employed
Under 25: 7% · 25–54: 75% · 55+: 18%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Health education specialists develop programs to teach people about conditions affecting well-being.
Health education specialists are employed in a variety of settings, including hospitals, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Most work full time.
Health education specialists typically need at least a bachelor’s degree. Certification may be required or preferred for some health education specialists.
The median annual wage for health education specialists was $63,000 in May 2024.
Employment of health education specialists is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.