Community Health Workers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Community Health Workers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$51,030

National average

Salary Range

$37,930 – $78,560

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Community Health Workers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Carson City, NV$75,090$53,180$118,830
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$73,310$52,600$99,050
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$72,030$52,120$134,620
District of Columbia$71,550$49,730$88,010
New Mexico$71,210$43,940$86,530
New Haven, CT$66,910$44,020$84,250
Eau Claire, WI$66,140$44,920$78,600
Vallejo, CA$65,610$43,210$85,360
Boulder, CO$65,420$45,830$79,150
Columbus, OH$64,440$40,270$74,950
Green Bay, WI$64,220$41,490$78,930
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$62,960$48,220$76,350
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$62,280$44,140$90,680
Barnstable Town, MA$61,190$44,560$81,120
Charleston, WV$61,080$34,990$61,080
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$60,890$37,700$79,780
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,860$45,910$84,730
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$60,540$38,670$90,500
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$60,480$46,890$85,180
Richmond, VA$60,240$35,960$91,090
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$60,120$49,200$75,950
Traverse City, MI$60,070$41,840$86,300
Visalia, CA$59,990$42,640$96,560
Bellingham, WA$59,980$40,130$84,960
Anchorage, AK$59,780$39,790$84,210
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$59,620$42,490$97,520
Connecticut$59,480$43,030$84,250
Bend, OR$59,040$45,010$79,370
Columbia, MO$58,770$38,490$73,930
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$58,400$43,630$89,150
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$58,350$39,990$80,950
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$58,000$46,110$77,670
North Dakota$57,840$43,440$86,690
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$57,630$45,420$90,600
California$57,560$45,200$89,920
Lexington Park, MD$57,500$38,720$79,150
Nevada$57,380$43,030$106,040
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$57,250$41,630$87,580
Colorado$57,100$44,290$76,350
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$57,090$46,270$78,180
Lincoln, NE$56,960$43,410$65,130
New York$56,950$42,900$87,410
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$56,860$43,690$80,070
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$56,790$41,300$65,200
Rhode Island$56,760$35,840$86,230
Billings, MT$56,690$39,440$81,110
Washington$56,460$42,210$80,220
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$56,320$45,670$64,720
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$56,320$45,040$79,760
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$56,290$41,140$70,610
Salinas, CA$56,060$47,310$72,370
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$55,990$42,410$67,870
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$55,920$39,520$72,070
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$55,890$40,010$77,830
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$55,880$47,220$73,440
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$55,730$40,320$102,620
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$55,580$41,540$73,700
Utah$55,520$39,520$72,070
Oregon$55,510$43,560$78,010
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$55,500$37,460$55,500
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$55,350$35,660$68,720
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$55,340$37,750$72,200
Cleveland, OH$54,990$38,550$61,270
Montana$54,950$39,600$80,950
Reno, NV$54,880$43,030$106,040
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$54,880$45,530$77,580
Colorado Springs, CO$54,880$52,570$58,850
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$54,800$45,620$85,360
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$54,580$40,300$72,270
Longview-Kelso, WA$54,570$40,670$78,600
Grand Forks, ND-MN$54,340$42,630$86,690
Ohio$54,240$37,400$74,950
Massachusetts$54,160$41,740$78,260
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$54,140$39,190$66,480
Salem, OR$53,650$42,990$72,840
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$53,630$43,010$86,890
Hawaii$53,480$34,750$75,730
Madison, WI$53,450$40,190$81,400
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$53,100$42,660$74,220
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$52,780$40,010$79,770
Winston-Salem, NC$52,710$34,550$67,640
Worcester, MA$52,690$39,520$75,080
Wyoming$52,310$39,000$79,150
Medford, OR$52,150$41,100$87,540
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$52,140$39,240$73,670
Wisconsin$52,050$38,220$79,420
Virginia$51,990$34,060$79,670
Nebraska$51,900$40,550$72,550
New Jersey$51,710$39,410$82,490
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$51,610$43,410$77,420
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$51,590$40,950$82,060
Maryland$51,520$35,870$88,800
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$51,500$39,520$81,650
Rochester, NY$51,420$38,610$74,410
Stockton-Lodi, CA$51,420$43,680$68,660
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$51,410$39,320$80,940
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$51,390$45,370$74,310
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$51,250$42,410$68,150
Manchester-Nashua, NH$51,200$42,090$86,090
Lexington-Fayette, KY$51,150$34,910$83,830
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$51,130$33,320$72,320
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$51,120$38,580$78,480
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$50,980$41,970$78,500
Alaska$50,970$37,900$84,210
Coeur d'Alene, ID$50,960$40,510$101,640
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$50,920$39,530$70,490
New Hampshire$50,910$40,870$76,300
Flagstaff, AZ$50,850$39,460$69,060
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$50,850$36,990$67,270
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$50,780$39,000$82,900
Pittsburgh, PA$50,760$38,150$66,340
Fresno, CA$50,750$41,810$78,220
Corvallis, OR$50,730$46,800$62,380
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$50,730$34,220$78,510
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$50,730$39,380$69,370
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$50,680$35,150$88,800
York-Hanover, PA$50,630$38,140$66,700
Kansas City, MO-KS$50,360$39,170$81,050
Pennsylvania$50,350$37,460$69,520
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$50,350$34,900$77,890
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$50,350$44,460$83,720
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$50,300$43,110$78,680
Omaha, NE-IA$50,250$42,900$81,750
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$50,250$38,720$67,770
Missoula, MT$50,240$40,360$61,510
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$50,150$35,110$72,200
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$49,980$31,710$76,620
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$49,790$39,470$64,130
Portland-South Portland, ME$49,770$41,430$70,000
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$49,670$44,750$65,560
Syracuse, NY$49,610$39,420$86,700
Urban Honolulu, HI$49,610$34,750$69,140
Raleigh-Cary, NC$49,470$33,610$74,240
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$49,400$39,680$70,220
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$49,360$40,800$70,500
Decatur, IL$49,350$31,800$57,430
Vermont$49,330$39,690$64,050
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$49,330$30,080$57,050
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$49,230$37,430$79,730
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$49,060$40,650$61,200
Kansas$49,040$37,190$64,330
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$49,040$42,220$67,540
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$49,010$37,020$68,740
Peoria, IL$49,000$41,600$62,330
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$49,000$39,640$70,360
St. Louis, MO-IL$48,990$37,010$66,910
Kentucky$48,960$34,740$76,690
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$48,950$37,830$74,150
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$48,930$39,630$68,180
Iowa$48,920$38,190$70,960
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$48,840$33,200$85,140
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$48,800$38,850$66,820
Ann Arbor, MI$48,760$37,760$79,370
Georgia$48,650$34,900$73,540
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$48,630$39,240$63,010
Pittsfield, MA$48,610$46,990$73,010
Eugene-Springfield, OR$48,590$42,860$80,720
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$48,580$33,930$77,380
Yakima, WA$48,580$39,090$66,960
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$48,510$34,840$82,720
Bowling Green, KY$48,480$33,730$78,620
Maine$48,400$38,560$69,990
Bangor, ME$48,400$36,580$54,670
Kennewick-Richland, WA$48,400$41,080$72,020
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$48,300$40,750$65,500
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$48,240$39,210$69,140
Akron, OH$48,200$37,480$89,680
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$48,180$40,590$67,540
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,180$37,860$77,830
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$48,120$38,220$79,340
Arizona$48,050$37,570$67,690
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$48,000$38,420$69,490
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$47,980$44,850$71,500
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$47,940$38,120$83,290
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,910$36,960$70,740
Modesto, CA$47,840$42,180$78,180
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$47,840$33,750$55,170
Minnesota$47,830$41,190$69,600
Oklahoma City, OK$47,820$34,220$68,880
Idaho$47,820$38,750$101,640
Illinois$47,610$36,740$65,000
Mobile, AL$47,610$32,940$61,370
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,580$35,220$68,810
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$47,450$38,580$66,450
Texas$47,440$36,270$62,960
Wilmington, NC$47,440$31,760$67,640
Missouri$47,410$36,730$73,290
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,340$36,930$62,960
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$47,320$39,480$61,120
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$47,300$38,750$80,410
South Dakota$47,300$40,650$63,590
Michigan$47,290$36,770$76,140
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$47,240$35,370$91,710
St. Cloud, MN$47,230$40,780$65,430
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$47,150$37,440$74,810
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$47,050$38,220$80,310
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$47,000$38,600$72,750
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$46,990$36,480$79,800
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$46,970$39,210$64,010
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$46,960$42,880$80,600
North Carolina$46,930$33,610$71,710
Delaware$46,890$36,730$67,030
Greensboro-High Point, NC$46,830$36,560$73,670
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$46,830$40,140$62,940
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$46,820$36,940$61,860
Canton-Massillon, OH$46,780$33,370$61,870
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,760$33,710$59,710
Springfield, MA$46,640$36,570$59,830
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$46,640$37,910$60,270
Tucson, AZ$46,590$36,850$65,270
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$46,550$29,550$63,230
Youngstown-Warren, OH$46,510$35,750$66,250
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$46,500$39,620$72,650
Binghamton, NY$46,490$37,050$60,780
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$46,450$36,610$77,010
Waco, TX$46,430$33,750$74,340
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$46,420$37,010$67,340
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$46,410$37,480$74,850
Tulsa, OK$46,340$37,650$69,500
Asheville, NC$46,300$32,810$76,050
Rochester, MN$46,070$41,190$80,620
Oklahoma$46,070$34,220$68,040
Indiana$45,980$36,200$66,690
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$45,970$33,240$67,220
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$45,880$31,100$71,690
Wichita, KS$45,870$37,190$63,150
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$45,830$34,720$76,680
Jefferson City, MO$45,780$36,140$76,300
Utica-Rome, NY$45,620$37,010$57,200
South Carolina$45,580$36,780$71,850
Naples-Marco Island, FL$45,570$39,970$62,810
Columbia, SC$45,560$35,580$77,220
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$45,550$36,850$60,000
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$45,490$27,690$67,070
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$45,480$36,890$77,650
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$45,430$35,750$61,870
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$45,410$42,570$59,560
Florida$45,300$33,490$71,690
Abilene, TX$45,240$36,320$58,200
Fort Wayne, IN$45,230$32,900$58,910
Flint, MI$45,110$30,590$62,690
Fargo, ND-MN$45,060$39,900$72,840
El Paso, TX$44,980$31,850$48,620
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,920$38,650$59,660
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$44,900$40,180$74,410
Springfield, MO$44,860$35,900$81,610
Lubbock, TX$44,860$36,070$63,370
Arkansas$44,850$32,330$67,610
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$44,850$44,640$55,770
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,770$28,820$62,670
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,770$33,530$71,760
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,770$28,090$58,990
Jacksonville, FL$44,750$36,340$68,780
Toledo, OH$44,680$35,000$72,020
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$44,540$35,920$56,010
Greenville, NC$44,520$31,090$96,420
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$44,470$29,150$67,960
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$44,450$35,410$65,620
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$44,450$34,480$61,400
Reading, PA$44,030$36,770$67,210
Killeen-Temple, TX$44,010$24,810$56,290
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$44,010$40,330$71,080
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$44,010$31,960$84,260
Alabama$43,950$33,580$62,880
Birmingham, AL$43,950$41,560$61,370
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$43,940$31,730$63,490
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,870$34,340$57,570
Boise City, ID$43,820$39,280$108,570
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$43,770$38,910$60,280
Chico, CA$43,660$38,070$58,590
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$43,560$34,540$56,940
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$43,430$28,940$57,840
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$43,400$34,810$67,080
Erie, PA$43,260$32,380$70,140
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$43,250$28,970$57,620
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$43,220$34,690$62,320
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$43,210$28,820$64,900
St. Joseph, MO-KS$43,150$35,730$56,250
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,140$34,830$46,800
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,130$35,160$56,580
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,130$36,450$57,360
Lancaster, PA$43,120$38,140$67,070
Tyler, TX$42,860$35,130$68,240
Terre Haute, IN$42,820$24,520$55,080
Laredo, TX$42,580$28,720$43,810
College Station-Bryan, TX$42,530$33,150$57,430
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$42,500$38,140$60,770
Roanoke, VA$42,480$29,490$64,790
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$42,130$33,960$83,550
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,120$36,930$56,010
Montgomery, AL$41,990$33,580$50,680
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$41,940$28,210$60,910
Knoxville, TN$41,790$31,940$54,230
Duluth, MN-WI$41,650$26,380$65,520
Joplin, MO-KS$41,550$36,260$64,060
Tallahassee, FL$41,540$33,640$56,430
Fayetteville, NC$41,390$35,870$52,290
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$41,390$29,710$70,070
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$41,340$28,690$57,190
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,170$36,040$73,630
Wichita Falls, TX$40,980$25,330$54,000
Florence, SC$40,910$33,970$51,120
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$40,890$31,500$63,780
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$40,810$33,170$69,220
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$40,700$25,270$63,420
West Virginia$40,470$27,760$61,080
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$40,190$31,370$50,880
Louisiana$40,080$33,600$57,040
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$40,080$31,660$60,780
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$39,880$34,490$93,450
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$39,870$30,980$48,780
Las Cruces, NM$39,850$33,340$62,700
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$39,260$26,950$58,000
Evansville, IN$39,230$37,090$53,250
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$38,990$30,860$58,100
Yuma, AZ$38,980$35,950$63,300
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$38,800$20,800$56,590
Champaign-Urbana, IL$38,720$38,720$65,000
Jackson, MS$38,590$31,680$64,620
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$38,360$25,630$57,490
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$38,350$38,000$77,530
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,340$30,430$76,100
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,340$33,720$49,370
Mississippi$37,790$28,410$60,930
Tennessee$37,720$31,450$52,070
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,600$35,300$53,200
Corpus Christi, TX$37,440$32,800$55,590
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$37,110$32,930$61,740
Amarillo, TX$37,010$32,540$55,780
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$36,980$27,180$55,640
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,820$27,760$59,090
Charlottesville, VA$36,580$31,660$59,190
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,060$28,410$65,510
Grand Junction, CO$35,780$35,780$50,530
Chattanooga, TN-GA$35,730$30,630$50,850
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,290$26,230$60,460
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,200$30,430$44,640
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,770$24,580$57,130
Puerto Rico$33,540$20,800$55,340
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$33,480$22,840$51,490
Mayaguez, PR$23,490$19,760$30,280

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Community Health Workers make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Community Health Workers is $51,030, with a typical range of $37,930 – $78,560 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Community Health Workers?β–Ύ

Entry-level Community Health Workers positions typically start around $37,930 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Community Health Workerss earn the most?β–Ύ

Community Health Workerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.