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

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2020 Workforce

93k

Average Age

41.7

Average Salary

$47,981

Average Male Salary

$55,207

Average Female Salary

$44,472

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 $47,981 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers by wage are Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers, Librarians and media collections specialists, and Automotive body & related 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 District of Columbia (North) PUMA, DC, District of Columbia (Northeast) PUMA, DC, and South of Market & Potrero PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are District of Columbia (North) PUMA, DC, Albuquerque City (Central) & Bernalillo County (North Valley) PUMA, NM, and District of Columbia (Northeast) PUMA, DC.

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 Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing. Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are paid most in LA City (Central/Hancock Park & Mid-Wilshire) PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in District of Columbia (North) PUMA, DC.

Yearly Wage

$47,981

AVERAGE SALARY

± $3,504

In 2020, Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers earned an average of $47,981, $7,973 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Librarians and media collections specialists make somewhat more than Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers while Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers 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

0.384

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.384, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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.

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, Individual & family services, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Business, professional, political, & similar organizations, Labor unions, Outpatient care centers, Community food & housing, & emergency services , Executive offices & legislative bodies, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Elementary & secondary schools.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers, by average wage, are Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, Management, scientific & technical consulting services, and Construction.

Industries by Share

93k

2020 Workforce

± 7,486

3.25%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 11.1%

The number of people employed as Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers has been growing at a rate of 3.25%, from 90,094 people in 2019 to 93,018 people in 2020.

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 28.8%, followed by Administration of human resource programs with 14.4% and Individual & family services with 11.8%.

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 42.3 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).

Composition by Sex

30.4k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 4,280

62.6k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,142

67.3% of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex 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)

54.9% 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 18.6% 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 Sex

42.3

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.09

41.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.35

The median age of Miscellaneous community & social service specialists, including health educators & community health workers is 41.7, and Male employees are generally 0.958 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 Human Sciences.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

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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, Management of Financial Resources, and Science.