Health Education Specialists · SOC 21-1091
Health Education Specialists Salary in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Health Education Specialists in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,910 per year ($24.48 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,710 at the 10th percentile to $64,460 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Health Education Specialists in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,910 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,570 and $58,830.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,710 | $47,570 | $50,910 | $58,830 | $64,460 |
| Hourly | $18.61 | $22.87 | $24.48 | $28.28 | $30.99 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,910 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,570 to $58,830
- North Carolinastate$58,080 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $48,730 to $74,670
- United Statesnational$64,070 median for United States; middle half earns $50,620 to $87,130
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −12% vs North Carolina overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in North Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for health education specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,910 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,570 to $58,830
- $76,380 median for Durham metro area; middle half earns $61,040 to $99,140
- $59,810 median for Raleigh metro area; middle half earns $51,240 to $77,170
- $58,450 median for Hickory metro area; middle half earns $49,090 to $65,190
- $57,620 median for Asheville metro area; middle half earns $47,790 to $77,050
- $57,510 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $48,190 to $60,260
- $56,350 median for Wilmington metro area; middle half earns $49,490 to $73,480
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for health education specialistss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.