Health Education Specialists · SOC 21-1091

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Health Education Specialistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for health education specialists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 218 metro areas

Health Education Specialists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$124,590	2,100	0.7
2	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$112,450	2,580	0.9
3	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$102,680	60	0.3
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$99,260	1,850	0.8
5	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$94,870	60	0.4
6	Corvallis, OR	$87,370	40	1.0
7	Lancaster, PA	$87,190	70	0.3
8	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$84,070	430	1.3
9	St. Cloud, MN	$83,200	60	0.5
10	Vallejo, CA	$81,630	130	0.9
11	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$80,990	770	0.4
12	Rochester, MN	$80,960	140	1.1
13	Charleston, WV	$80,850	50	0.5
14	Killeen-Temple, TX	$80,840	50	0.4
15	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$80,820	150	0.4
16	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$80,060	450	0.3
17	Madison, WI	$79,910	160	0.4
18	Merced, CA	$79,830	40	0.6
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$78,670	410	0.2
20	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$78,640	80	0.8
21	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$78,460	1,010	7.7
22	Huntsville, AL	$78,400	50	0.2
23	Auburn-Opelika, AL	$77,950	40	0.5
24	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$77,740	100	0.2
25	York-Hanover, PA	$77,610	70	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Health Education Specialists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.