Health Education Specialists
Community and Social Service · SOC 21-1091
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 21-1091 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 13.8%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 53/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $64,070
- H-1B offered wage $60,185; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 8,000
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +4.5%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 132
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 14,025 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~53.2% of this role but only ~13.8% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
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.
Common titles: Certified Diabetes Educator, Clinical Instructor, Community Health Consultant, Education Coordinator, Health Education Coordinator, Health Education Specialist
Representative Tasks
- •Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.
- •Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
- •Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
- •Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
- •Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Provide educational materials to community members.
- •Develop working relationships with others to facilitate program activities.
- •Maintain social services program records.
- •Plan programs to address community health issues.
- •Present social services program information to the public.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 13.8% | 4.1% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 75% Bright |
| Median Salary | $64,070 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 86/100 | N/A |