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

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Total Workforce

85.2k

Average Age

42.3

Average Salary

$47,534

Average Male Salary

$55,303

Average Female Salary

$43,315

About

Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are most often employed by the Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services industry. The average yearly wage for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers was $47,534 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers by wage are Entertainers & performers, sports & related workers, all other, Agricultural and food science technicians, and Locksmiths & safe repairers.

Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are part of the Community & Social Service Occupations, along with Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors, Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors, Marriage and family therapists, Mental health counselors, Rehabilitation counselors, and 11 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are Fairland, Calverton, White Oak & Burtonsville PUMA, MD and Lexington-Fayette County (Central) PUMA, KY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are Fairland, Calverton, White Oak & Burtonsville PUMA, MD and Lexington-Fayette County (Central) PUMA, KY.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services is the industry that employs the most Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers, by average wage, is Construction. Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are paid most in District of Columbia (Central) PUMA, DC but are relatively concentrated in Fairland, Calverton, White Oak & Burtonsville PUMA, MD.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$47,534

AVERAGE SALARY

± $3,695

In 2018, Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers earned an average of $47,534, $6,355 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Entertainers & performers, sports & related workers, all other make somewhat more than Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers while Agricultural and food science technicians make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.403

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.403, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers, by number of employees, are Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services, Administration of human resource programs, and Individual & family services.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers, by average wage, are Construction, Scientific research & development services, National security & international affairs, Labor unions, Labor unions, and Business, professional, political, & similar organizations.

Industries by Share

85.2k

2018 Workforce

± 7,163

-0.251%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 11.9%

The number of people employed as Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers has been declining at a rate of -0.251%, from 85,378 people in 2017 to 85,164 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers employed by various industries. Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services employs the largest share of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers at 36.4%, followed by Administration of human resource programs with 10.2% and Individual & family services with 9.44%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers in the US. The average age of male Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers in the workforce is 44 and of female Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers is 41.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

30k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 4,250

55.2k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 5,767

64.8% of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

59.9% of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 20.2% of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers.

Age by Gender

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.04

41.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.48

The median age of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers is 42.3, and Male employees are generally 2.64 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers is Social Sciences but a relatively high number of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers hold a major in Cultural & Gender Studies.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Science, and Management of Financial Resources.