Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers

This post summarizes key statistics on Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	10,299
25	42,568
30	51,033
35	51,033
40	55,100
45	55,616
50	54,020
55	55,100
60	50,089
65	48,765

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	1.4
High School Degree	9.4
Some College, No Degree	17.8
Associate's Degree	7.5
Bachelor's Degree	36.9
Master's Degree	23.5
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	2.1
PhD	1.4

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	10.80
20-39	17.80
39-41	57.20
41-50	10.40
50-60	2.30
More than 60	1.50

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
24.30	45,363	Membership organizations, n.e.c.
17.40	61,795	Administration of human resources programs
17.30	38,893	Social services, n.e.c.
8.80	55,616	Hospitals
8.20	43,256	Health services, n.e.c.
3.10	84,454	Labor unions
2.40	42,227	Colleges and universities
2.10	38,558	Elementary and secondary schools
2.10	48,617	General government, n.e.c.
1.40	59,421	Insurance

This table highlights the top industries people working as Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
36.10	No 4-Year Degree	37,813
6.80	Psychology	56,137
3.30	Social Work	54,020
3.20	Community and Public Health	54,020
3.00	Political Science and Government	66,984
2.90	Family and Consumer Sciences	46,497
2.40	Business Management and Administration	46,346
2.30	Sociology	56,180
2.20	Biology	58,639
1.60	English Language and Literature	56,180

This table highlights the top majors people working as Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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