Health educator

Duties and Responsibilities:

Additional health educator duties include:

• Supervising staff
• Creating health-related materials, such as posters and websites
• Helping people find the appropriate health services or information
• Advocating for improved health resources and policies
• Collecting data and other information to analyze needs and evaluate programs
• Preparing reports for management and other stakeholders                            Salary :Health educators earned a median annual wage of $50,400 in May 2014, the BLS reported. Those working for hospitals had an average salary of $61,300, and those employed by local governments had an average pay of $49,700.
• Education: 

  A bachelor's degree or higher in health education, public health education or health promotion
  Other Requirements	Pass Certified Health Education Specialist exam
  Projected Job Growth (2014-2024)*	12% (for health educators)
  Median Annual Salary (May 2015)*	$51,960 (for health educators)

     

  $43,840 per year $21.08 per hour
  Typical Entry-Level Education	See How to Become One
  Work Experience in a Related Occupation	None
  On-the-job Training	See How to Become One
  Number of Jobs, 2014	115,700
  Job Outlook, 2014-24	13% (Faster than average)
  Employment Change, 2014-24	15,600

  I would not want to be one because its boring