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Health Education Specialists

Occupation · SOC 21-1091.00

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.

Also called: Clinical Instructor · Health Education Specialist · Health Educator · Public Health Educator · Certified Diabetes Educator · Community Health Consultant · Education Coordinator · Health Education Coordinator · Health Promotion Specialist · Public Information Officer · BLS Instructor (Basic Life Support Instructor) · Behavioral Health Educator

Job family: Community and Social Service Occupations

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AI work map

A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.

Often handed to AI

Task areas most often handled directively in observed AI conversations — candidates to delegate with light review.

  • Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. · 1.4%
  • Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. · 1.0%
  • Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. · 0.5%
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Keep a human in the loop

Task areas where a human was still judged necessary in a large share of observed conversations — not a safety ruling, an observed-need signal.

  • Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. · 97.1% need a human
  • Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. · 95.7% need a human
  • Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. · 90.2% need a human
See the boundary tasks →

61st-percentile task overlap — yet about 7,900 openings a year (+4.5% projected, BLS), and observed AI use leans 4082% copilot, not hand-off (AEI) . What exposure means →

AI & job outlook

What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.

Exposure to current AI

Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.

Measure Rank vs all occupations Percentile Score
Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) Moderate 64th 0.7
LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) Moderate 66th 0.8
AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) Moderate 57th 0.2

OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.3), with simple added tooling (β 0.5), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.8). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.

This job mostly cannot be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman) — its hands-on tasks sit outside what software-based AI reaches.

Historical automation estimate (2013)

A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.

Frey–Osborne probability 0.0 · 23rd percentile among occupations · Low

How AI is actually used in this job

Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.

Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. 2.8%
Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. 1.6%
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. 0.3%

Job outlook

Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.

Outlook About average · +4.5% by 2034
Projected annual openings 7,900
Employment 2024 → 2034 71,800 → 75,000

“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.

Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient

The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international occupation below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.

28% mean task exposure (2025)
52nd percentile of 427 placed occupations
−5 pts shift 2023 → 2025
International occupation (ISCO-08) Task exposure (2025) Most tasks fall in
Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals · 2263 28% Not exposed

Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.

Working with AI in this job

How people actually apply AI to this occupation's tasks, from Claude.ai (Free and Pro) conversations in the Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15. This is one AI assistant's consumer sample — not all AI, not the whole workforce. Autonomy and the collaboration mix are model-rated estimates; figures below the sample floor are hidden.

Augmentation vs. automation 40.8% working with AI · 53.1% handed to AI
Most common way people use AI here Directive · AI does it; you give the instruction
Typical AI autonomy 4.0 / 5 · higher = AI acts more independently
Used for work (vs. personal / coursework) 67.7%

What people delegate to AI

The role's most common tasks in AI conversations, each tagged with how people work with the AI on it. “Usage” is the share of observed conversations, not of the job.

Task How Usage
Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. Directive 1.4%
Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. Directive 1.0%
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. Directive 0.5%

Where a human is still needed

Tasks where the model most often judged that a person remained necessary — a useful read on the current boundary, not a guarantee.

Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. 97.1%
Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. 95.7%
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. 90.2%

What people most often hand AI here

Example prompts phrased from the tasks people most often delegate to AI in this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index). Each shows the underlying measured task and its share of observed AI use. They are suggested phrasings of real tasks — starting points, not endorsed instructions.

  • Help me develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government.

    From: Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. · 1.4% of measured AI use · directive

  • Help me prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.

    From: Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. · 1.0% of measured AI use · directive

  • Help me develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.

    From: Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. · 0.5% of measured AI use · directive

Tasks

All 16 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.

Work activities

Knowledge, skills & abilities

O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service 4.6
Education and Training 4.5
English Language 4.2
Administrative 4.1
Psychology 3.6
Public Safety and Security 3.6
Mathematics 3.6
Sociology and Anthropology 3.5
Computers and Electronics 3.4
Communications and Media 3.4
Medicine and Dentistry 3.4
Administration and Management 3.3
Therapy and Counseling 3.2
Personnel and Human Resources 3.2

Abilities

Oral Expression 4.3
Oral Comprehension 4.0
Written Comprehension 4.0
Written Expression 4.0
Speech Clarity 4.0
Inductive Reasoning 3.9
Problem Sensitivity 3.8
Speech Recognition 3.8
Deductive Reasoning 3.6
Near Vision 3.6
Fluency of Ideas 3.4
Originality 3.3

Essential skills

Active Listening 4.1
Writing 4.1
Speaking 4.1
Learning Strategies 4.0
Active Learning 3.9
Reading Comprehension 3.8
Critical Thinking 3.8
Monitoring 3.3

Transferable skills

Social Perceptiveness 3.9
Coordination 3.6
Instructing 3.4
Time Management 3.4
Service Orientation 3.3
Judgment and Decision Making 3.3

Skills in demand

Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.

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Tools & technology

Example Category
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software Hot technology In demand
Microsoft Office software Office suite software Hot technology In demand
Microsoft Outlook Electronic mail software Hot technology In demand
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation software Hot technology In demand
Adobe Photoshop Graphics or photo imaging software Hot technology
Facebook Web page creation and editing software Hot technology
MEDITECH software Medical software Hot technology
Microsoft Access Data base user interface and query software Hot technology
Microsoft Visio Process mapping and design software Hot technology
Microsoft Word Word processing software Hot technology
Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge Customer relationship management CRM software
Blackboard software Data base user interface and query software
Blogging software Web page creation and editing software
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC WONDER Data base user interface and query software
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epi Info Analytical or scientific software
Edpuzzle Multi-media educational software
JamBoard Graphics or photo imaging software
LogMeIn GoToWebinar Network conferencing software
Mentimeter Presentation software
Microsoft Publisher Desktop publishing software
Padlet Computer based training software
Web browser software Internet browser software
Wiki software Web page creation and editing software

Work context

How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.

E-Mail 5.0
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.9
Telephone Conversations 4.8
Contact With Others 4.7
Freedom to Make Decisions 4.4
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team 4.3
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals 4.2
Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results 4.1
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 3.9
Deal With External Customers or the Public in General 3.9
Frequency of Decision Making 3.8
Time Pressure 3.8
Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities 3.8
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate 3.8
Public Speaking 3.6
Physical Proximity 3.6
Spend Time Sitting 3.6
Health and Safety of Other Workers 3.5
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks 3.5
Conflict Situations 3.5
Written Letters and Memos 3.5
Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers 3.3
Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People 3.1
Exposed to Disease or Infections 3.0
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions 3.0
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment 2.9
Level of Competition 2.7
Consequence of Error 2.5
Spend Time Standing 2.3
Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable 2.3
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets 2.3
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled 2.2
Exposed to Contaminants 2.0
Spend Time Walking or Running 1.9
Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People 1.9
Outdoors, Under Cover 1.8
Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions 1.7
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls 1.7
Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions 1.7
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings 1.7

How to get in

Job zone
Zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Typical entry-level education
Bachelor's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
Related experience
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Preparation level
SVP (7.0 to < 8.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.

What to study: Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs , Health Professions and Related Programs . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.

Education of current workers

Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.

Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) 62.2%
Bachelor's Degree 30.9%
Master's Degree 3.4%
High School Diploma 2.6%
Doctoral Degree 0.9%

Interests & work styles

The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.

Work styles

Attention to Detail 10.0
Integrity 9.0
Intellectual Curiosity 8.0
Cooperation 7.0
Achievement Orientation 6.0
Social Orientation 5.0
Empathy 4.0

Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)

Social 6.2
Investigative 5.3

Interest areas

Social Service 6.0
Social Science 6.0
Professional Advising 5.2
Teaching/Education 5.1
Public Speaking 5.0
Health Care Service 5.0
Management/Administration 4.0

Wages & employment

U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)

$42k10th$50k25th$63kMedian$84k75th$113k90th
Annual wages by percentile — U.S. (BLS OEWS). The light band spans the 10th–90th percentile; the darker band is the middle half (25th–75th); the line is the median.
72k202475k2034 (proj.)+4.5% · About average
Projected U.S. employment, 2024–2034 (BLS Employment Projections). A labor-market forecast for the occupation, not an AI-impact forecast.
10th percentile $42,210
25th percentile $49,880
Median (50th) $63,000
75th percentile $84,460
90th percentile $112,900
People employed 65,150

Industries that employ this occupation

Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.

Industry Workers National median pay
Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector 28,060 $65,510
Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector 2,960 $51,850
Finance and Insurance · Sector 2,620 $57,970
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector 2,340 $71,990
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers · National industry 2,240 $56,800
Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector 1,390 $62,690
Wholesale Trade · Sector 1,190 $71,420
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector 840 $61,250
Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities · National industry 520 $50,720
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers · National industry 480 $58,540
Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists · National industry 310 $55,190
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities · National industry 270 $88,780

Where this work is most concentrated

Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).

Industry Concentration Workers
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers · National industry 11.8× 2,240
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities · National industry 10.51× 270
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers · National industry 3.67× 480
Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector 2.87× 28,060
Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities · National industry 2.47× 270
Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector 1.58× 2,960
Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists · National industry 1.54× 310
Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector 1.17× 1,390

Part of the Healthcare & Human Services career cluster.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay Health Education Specialists sits at the 61st percentile of AI task-overlap and the 52nd percentile of median pay, placed here against 12 adjacent occupations on the same two axes. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Health Education Specialists Clinical Nurse Specialists Community Health Workers Healthcare Social Workers Rehabilitation Counselors Social and Community Service Managers Child, Family, and School Social Workers Medical and Health Services Managers Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Dietitians and Nutritionists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
AI task-overlap percentile (horizontal) vs. median-pay percentile (vertical), across all scored occupations. This occupation is highlighted; related occupations are plotted alongside it. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation.

Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.

What you can do with this

Options the data surfaces for Health Education Specialists — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.

Skills that travel

Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.

Paths in

How people typically prepare for this work.

Zoom out

On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 52nd percentile of 427 international occupations.

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Health Education Specialists show 61st-percentile AI task overlap — and about 7,900 annual U.S. openings

  • Health Education Specialists rank in the 61st percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
  • The occupation is projected to see about 7,900 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
  • BLS projects employment to be about average (+4.5%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
  • Median annual pay is $63,000, across about 65,150 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
  • Of the AI use actually observed for this work, 41% looks like augmentation (drafting, iterating, checking) rather than hands-off automation — from a Claude.ai usage sample, not a census.2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2
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Health Education Specialists show 61st-percentile AI task overlap — and about 7,900 annual U.S. openings

• Health Education Specialists rank in the 61st percentile (Moderate band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE)
• The occupation is projected to see about 7,900 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34)
• BLS projects employment to be about average (+4.5%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34)
• Median annual pay is $63,000, across about 65,150 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024))
• Of the AI use actually observed for this work, 41% looks like augmentation (drafting, iterating, checking) rather than hands-off automation — from a Claude.ai usage sample, not a census. (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2)

Source: Singulariki — "Health Education Specialists". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1091-00
Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.

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Singulariki. "Health Education Specialists." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1091-00

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@misc{singulariki-role-21-1091-00,
  title  = {Health Education Specialists},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-21-1091-00}
}

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