Health Education Specialists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Health Education Specialists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$63,000

National average

Salary Range

$42,210 – $112,900

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Health Education Specialists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$121,890$62,700$167,270
District of Columbia$110,620$58,390$168,290
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$109,260$56,870$154,960
Maryland$101,090$52,180$157,980
Georgia$97,010$52,330$150,650
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$88,370$46,490$117,540
York-Hanover, PA$86,420$54,620$107,200
Owensboro, KY$85,250$41,180$104,610
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$83,690$34,750$101,050
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$82,870$42,320$115,610
Reading, PA$82,720$51,580$127,990
New Haven, CT$82,430$40,600$127,060
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$82,430$60,510$109,280
Vallejo, CA$81,470$50,730$112,980
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$80,750$61,270$121,890
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$80,470$39,520$121,500
Rhode Island$80,390$37,360$102,160
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$80,290$50,100$109,800
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$79,990$58,440$123,100
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$79,180$45,960$104,740
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$78,800$48,390$101,550
Corvallis, OR$78,790$51,570$100,760
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$78,570$54,370$104,440
New Jersey$78,400$51,560$131,500
Rochester, MN$78,360$60,650$100,610
Madison, WI$78,250$55,880$109,640
Minnesota$78,080$48,680$105,830
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$78,070$44,400$98,150
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$77,880$52,330$94,290
Green Bay, WI$77,380$55,760$94,960
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$77,240$40,190$104,220
Merced, CA$77,090$53,560$98,000
Lancaster, PA$76,990$48,130$99,300
Eugene-Springfield, OR$76,610$49,070$122,830
St. Cloud, MN$76,600$42,600$96,740
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$75,680$47,190$92,030
Cleveland, OH$75,110$41,990$111,960
Pennsylvania$75,020$50,270$105,790
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$74,310$34,480$102,160
Oregon$73,830$49,920$118,120
New Hampshire$73,580$49,370$104,500
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$73,420$46,580$138,800
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$73,170$45,240$132,880
Columbus, OH$72,960$44,250$101,550
Anchorage, AK$72,780$51,570$92,670
Alaska$72,650$49,500$91,090
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$72,640$43,320$103,860
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$72,560$47,620$101,010
Washington$72,540$56,580$91,730
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$72,520$55,210$86,200
Montgomery, AL$72,370$37,600$106,080
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$72,230$45,740$97,240
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$72,180$55,250$143,620
Connecticut$71,980$41,930$124,350
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$71,790$45,350$108,650
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$71,750$39,690$163,570
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$71,750$41,930$114,420
Huntsville, AL$71,660$34,810$104,120
Albany, OR$71,220$49,920$110,950
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$71,160$48,560$99,930
Gainesville, GA$71,060$50,880$128,240
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$70,850$29,690$77,830
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$70,730$46,400$110,580
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$70,360$48,090$90,050
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$70,210$44,790$98,690
Akron, OH$70,180$52,770$102,040
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$70,160$56,740$149,680
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$70,140$58,980$88,410
Idaho$70,070$52,350$89,730
Boise City, ID$70,070$61,880$88,930
Colorado$69,890$43,320$107,700
Springfield, IL$69,590$46,940$107,630
Pittsburgh, PA$69,530$49,220$98,210
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$69,410$41,780$94,330
Traverse City, MI$69,400$43,700$99,460
Terre Haute, IN$69,390$21,900$97,190
St. Louis, MO-IL$69,100$45,870$121,580
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$68,740$49,190$101,090
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$68,690$42,780$95,330
Ohio$68,370$42,210$101,490
Virginia$68,180$40,160$138,130
Iowa$67,940$42,890$93,190
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$67,720$52,800$98,340
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$67,680$49,920$87,340
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$67,580$40,670$97,150
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$67,390$47,460$111,270
Wisconsin$67,340$44,530$97,300
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$67,340$48,300$101,460
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$67,330$41,960$97,220
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$67,270$41,280$100,900
Lexington-Fayette, KY$67,150$56,110$81,920
Kansas$66,960$37,160$94,150
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$66,750$48,360$101,390
Hattiesburg, MS$66,670$35,270$82,360
Flagstaff, AZ$66,410$41,810$113,070
Baton Rouge, LA$66,230$39,660$92,830
Canton-Massillon, OH$65,960$45,590$94,590
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$65,830$55,340$85,410
Macon-Bibb County, GA$65,740$44,960$103,400
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$65,620$47,940$93,030
Kansas City, MO-KS$65,520$44,150$99,190
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$65,430$45,780$85,990
Vermont$65,370$52,890$98,520
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$65,370$52,890$101,210
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$65,200$37,520$115,060
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$65,000$42,020$95,270
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$64,980$51,960$101,380
Waco, TX$64,880$34,510$85,330
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$64,810$40,150$77,580
Charleston, WV$64,630$39,560$108,420
Urban Honolulu, HI$64,580$46,740$118,180
Hawaii$64,580$46,340$106,400
Reno, NV$64,540$39,320$105,190
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$64,480$45,000$123,900
Omaha, NE-IA$64,360$37,960$90,830
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$64,360$36,100$98,520
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$64,190$48,210$107,490
Kentucky$64,160$41,250$90,350
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$64,160$30,950$86,860
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$64,160$50,260$95,100
Oklahoma City, OK$63,790$48,440$104,120
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$63,710$38,940$107,630
Salem, OR$63,560$41,790$100,770
Albuquerque, NM$63,040$39,980$93,100
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$63,030$42,180$96,330
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$63,000$46,140$123,840
Topeka, KS$63,000$43,970$93,810
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$62,930$31,200$103,340
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$62,810$47,270$92,580
Erie, PA$62,790$49,720$99,310
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$62,730$36,210$98,410
Appleton, WI$62,400$27,910$96,650
West Virginia$62,400$38,710$101,820
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$62,400$39,460$101,040
Wyoming$62,390$52,240$97,420
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$62,370$50,440$111,680
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$62,340$42,500$110,720
Massachusetts$62,270$37,520$115,060
Wichita, KS$61,820$39,840$82,810
Delaware$61,800$36,660$110,580
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$61,760$33,630$113,060
Visalia, CA$61,740$42,840$76,740
New Mexico$61,730$39,980$96,660
Utah$61,660$41,230$110,410
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$61,510$34,200$101,900
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$61,420$45,080$106,220
Nevada$61,270$33,630$109,510
Duluth, MN-WI$61,250$39,620$89,830
Fort Wayne, IN$61,110$42,230$94,760
Salinas, CA$60,980$49,310$95,530
Oklahoma$60,980$44,300$90,800
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$60,950$42,210$88,820
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$60,880$39,570$120,620
Columbia, MO$60,880$42,680$113,730
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$60,880$39,250$98,960
Modesto, CA$60,760$47,810$97,820
Helena, MT$60,740$42,450$89,210
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$60,740$40,590$97,140
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$60,720$37,130$77,810
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$60,410$48,780$104,860
Bangor, ME$60,380$46,800$81,270
New York$60,320$40,360$97,000
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$60,270$48,340$81,970
Portland-South Portland, ME$60,220$47,760$90,030
Savannah, GA$60,180$49,310$91,320
California$60,150$46,700$110,480
Missouri$60,110$38,830$98,800
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$60,060$48,570$76,130
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$60,050$41,190$88,610
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$60,020$42,210$99,020
Columbia, SC$59,970$49,000$95,200
Indiana$59,950$34,780$96,900
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$59,900$47,730$98,990
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$59,850$44,200$118,860
Mobile, AL$59,840$45,920$101,440
Toledo, OH$59,780$41,480$95,690
South Carolina$59,780$42,490$95,200
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$59,620$48,220$77,830
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$59,620$40,050$98,300
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$59,580$39,570$138,860
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,480$46,130$75,140
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$59,480$39,780$94,700
Maine$59,460$47,860$87,450
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$59,460$49,440$86,840
Bloomington, IN$59,000$34,290$94,270
Springfield, MA$58,980$34,600$96,400
Richmond, VA$58,890$31,660$99,080
North Dakota$58,670$46,570$84,130
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$58,650$39,000$114,970
Tulsa, OK$58,640$39,950$91,600
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$58,560$39,820$66,090
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$58,400$41,380$99,120
Tuscaloosa, AL$58,390$33,640$83,190
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$58,310$36,720$62,710
Eau Claire, WI$58,200$58,200$94,220
Cheyenne, WY$58,180$56,430$92,880
Arizona$58,100$40,270$97,780
Illinois$58,100$41,850$138,860
Stockton-Lodi, CA$57,850$46,790$107,700
Tyler, TX$57,830$34,420$97,170
Missoula, MT$57,830$42,790$81,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$57,740$46,700$103,670
Utica-Rome, NY$57,620$35,840$95,670
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$57,610$41,710$81,820
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$57,580$34,090$77,710
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$57,510$38,100$80,240
Santa Fe, NM$57,490$48,570$98,220
Ithaca, NY$57,460$40,180$77,120
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$57,440$38,170$70,790
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$57,360$41,640$81,890
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$57,270$42,910$92,880
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$57,220$47,170$99,990
Louisiana$57,150$38,100$99,400
El Paso, TX$57,080$37,900$86,620
Arkansas$57,060$40,990$95,300
Kingston, NY$57,010$36,590$97,000
Chico, CA$56,950$46,060$72,190
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$56,870$45,420$88,840
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$56,750$42,610$100,810
Bowling Green, KY$56,590$38,140$85,770
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$56,530$38,160$94,520
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$56,520$39,800$80,600
Rapid City, SD$56,510$50,220$81,340
Worcester, MA$56,440$35,410$116,640
Barnstable Town, MA$56,370$36,810$98,860
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$56,210$45,040$86,240
Texas$56,210$41,100$102,530
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$56,080$41,240$86,530
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$56,040$39,290$83,620
Tennessee$55,970$37,120$80,600
Fresno, CA$55,960$45,260$88,100
South Dakota$55,770$50,240$80,770
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$55,630$38,950$59,370
Fargo, ND-MN$55,540$47,040$87,610
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$55,540$39,090$95,700
Flint, MI$55,520$36,290$81,110
Las Cruces, NM$55,520$37,900$87,240
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$55,470$39,570$79,530
Athens-Clarke County, GA$55,370$40,500$90,710
Johnson City, TN$55,190$43,330$99,440
Morgantown, WV$55,040$38,710$115,320
Syracuse, NY$55,030$43,330$83,550
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$54,980$42,190$98,830
Lincoln, NE$54,760$38,300$76,490
North Carolina$54,720$41,380$107,920
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$54,590$50,880$68,890
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$54,550$43,000$85,500
Rochester, NY$54,130$33,100$80,040
Wichita Falls, TX$54,050$42,520$72,030
Springfield, MO$54,020$34,910$80,170
Colorado Springs, CO$53,960$43,620$97,780
Greensboro-High Point, NC$53,520$39,920$88,880
Florida$53,460$35,900$99,430
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$53,370$38,100$88,510
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$53,130$31,710$87,280
Alabama$53,110$36,310$91,220
Winston-Salem, NC$53,010$43,200$89,070
Roanoke, VA$52,950$39,150$136,120
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$52,880$26,300$90,730
Michigan$52,830$32,380$88,320
Raleigh-Cary, NC$52,760$43,990$93,980
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$52,730$38,440$89,800
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$52,550$33,020$89,880
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$52,420$43,260$97,070
Jefferson City, MO$52,400$43,780$71,800
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$52,390$35,510$83,640
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$52,370$47,170$103,760
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$52,350$44,300$84,990
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$52,290$41,040$71,840
Nebraska$52,260$38,300$81,310
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$52,160$38,960$88,310
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$52,110$40,240$82,440
Montana$52,030$40,300$81,340
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$51,930$40,750$102,170
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$51,930$41,580$97,920
Columbus, GA-AL$51,850$39,770$79,010
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$51,640$39,950$63,000
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,610$31,710$71,610
Chattanooga, TN-GA$51,510$38,610$74,170
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$51,370$39,800$105,370
Ogden, UT$50,990$41,230$95,160
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$50,890$25,330$86,040
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$50,730$37,420$71,440
Tucson, AZ$50,150$39,520$76,820
College Station-Bryan, TX$50,150$39,150$66,140
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,110$38,320$65,520
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,420$37,500$80,340
Bozeman, MT$49,330$46,270$94,450
Amarillo, TX$48,990$38,120$92,360
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$48,750$30,710$88,300
Asheville, NC$48,670$37,000$82,170
Abilene, TX$48,500$37,380$88,790
Corpus Christi, TX$48,480$34,040$84,310
Rockford, IL$48,460$39,960$71,340
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,460$24,480$80,700
Ocala, FL$48,250$36,000$97,470
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,230$29,760$78,800
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$48,130$41,500$86,300
Mississippi$48,100$34,870$77,350
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,040$35,760$85,840
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,830$31,100$91,780
Evansville, IN$47,750$25,650$82,890
Gainesville, FL$47,260$36,750$98,570
Jackson, MS$47,220$34,990$75,210
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$47,180$44,120$88,320
Wilmington, NC$47,110$40,600$74,260
Knoxville, TN$47,090$36,720$75,120
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$46,860$31,510$78,850
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$46,810$40,820$79,510
Jacksonville, FL$46,620$33,320$97,360
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$46,490$34,990$72,580
Lubbock, TX$46,450$31,920$86,250
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$46,030$37,960$81,850
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$45,950$27,760$65,450
Dover, DE$45,250$34,650$115,640
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$45,230$35,870$57,500
Birmingham, AL$44,950$36,310$83,190
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$44,580$41,630$82,490
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$44,510$24,620$76,070
Ann Arbor, MI$43,820$37,540$80,140
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$43,680$34,180$83,110
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$42,660$38,760$98,790
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$42,510$34,280$111,190
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$42,390$34,880$69,740
Longview, TX$42,360$42,360$71,210
Tallahassee, FL$41,770$30,210$92,750
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$41,600$32,550$70,360
Midland, MI$41,350$32,260$70,790
Iowa City, IA$41,180$41,180$103,400
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$40,350$34,300$71,380
Mayaguez, PR$39,430$26,780$64,760
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$39,100$31,200$80,510
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$38,360$28,690$58,770
Puerto Rico$38,360$27,810$58,810
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,960$34,690$82,460
Ponce, PR$37,720$27,280$49,280

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Health Education Specialists make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Health Education Specialists is $63,000, with a typical range of $42,210 – $112,900 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Health Education Specialists?β–Ύ

Entry-level Health Education Specialists positions typically start around $42,210 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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