Highest-paying Cities for Health Educators

The top 100 highest paying cities for health educators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of health educators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $106,810, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia is the highest paying city for health educators. It is followed by Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia (average annual salary $102,900). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of health educators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Health Educators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$106,810	$52,060	2,290
2	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$102,900	$51,350	2,460
3	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$101,910	$68,150	1,020
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$101,290	$50,310	590
5	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$91,510	$39,180	110
6	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$87,470	$28,610	700
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$84,790	$47,740	110
8	Peabody, Massachusetts	$83,210	$52,710	60
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$83,090	$43,900	1,690
10	Salt Lake City, Utah	$79,820	$47,570	190
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$78,830	$49,000	390
12	Gainesville, Georgia	$78,730	$48,540	30
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$78,650	$43,380	1,170
14	Danbury, Connecticut	$78,390	$49,230	40
15	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$78,330	$44,930	70
16	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$78,160	$38,730	70
17	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$77,960	$46,070	690
18	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,170	$43,380	90
19	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$76,540	$51,080	200
20	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$75,680	$45,740	30
21	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$74,880	$56,200	340
22	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$74,830	$54,660	40
23	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$72,670	$53,280	70
24	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$72,470	$39,940	40
25	Owensboro, Kentucky	$69,670	$35,100	40
26	Albany, Georgia	$69,520	$32,950	90
27	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$69,340	$43,480	30
28	Terre Haute, Indiana	$69,250	$30,030	30
29	Anchorage, Alaska	$68,950	$44,500	130
30	Dothan, Alabama	$68,930	$44,080	n/a
31	Wilmington, New Jersey	$68,640	$43,090	130
32	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$67,810	$48,270	50
33	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$67,510	$37,750	40
34	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$67,510	$39,790	100
35	Wausau, Wisconsin	$67,050	$44,860	30
36	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$66,840	$46,340	510
37	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$66,110	$42,390	2,240
38	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$66,090	$42,590	870
39	Salem, Oregon	$66,080	$38,340	40
40	Charleston, West Virginia	$65,980	$39,030	40
41	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$65,950	$32,160	30
42	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$65,690	$45,240	40
43	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$65,390	$44,210	50
44	Charlottesville, Virginia	$65,370	$47,330	50
45	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$65,010	$37,090	60
46	Savannah, Georgia	$64,960	$38,740	60
47	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$64,880	$40,100	30
48	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$64,530	$40,720	40
49	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$64,460	$38,050	40
50	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$64,360	$35,450	50
51	Olympia, Washington	$64,310	$48,980	890
52	Wilmington, North Carolina	$64,250	$37,920	50
53	Monroe, Louisiana	$64,020	$41,940	50
54	St Cloud, Minnesota	$63,980	$38,880	40
55	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$63,980	$35,560	250
56	Springfield, Massachusetts	$63,710	$38,700	150
57	Macon, Georgia	$63,650	$37,450	30
58	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$63,610	$37,910	640
59	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$63,520	$39,170	250
60	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$63,430	$38,290	900
61	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$63,370	$39,440	60
62	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$63,290	$40,010	50
63	Sioux City, South Dakota	$63,280	$26,650	30
64	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$63,150	$38,810	210
65	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$63,110	$39,810	450
66	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$62,970	$38,350	150
67	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$62,870	$50,000	670
68	Madison, Wisconsin	$62,870	$50,940	410
69	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$62,870	$38,850	60
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$62,830	$34,220	400
71	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$62,820	$30,740	430
72	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$62,820	$38,800	1,240
73	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$62,690	$35,100	170
74	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$62,680	$47,080	30
75	Huntsville, Alabama	$62,600	$32,180	60
76	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$62,560	$44,660	50
77	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$62,460	$32,850	330
78	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$62,440	$40,550	60
79	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$62,340	$39,520	310
80	Duluth, Wisconsin	$62,280	$39,400	80
81	Spokane, Washington	$62,060	$58,460	110
82	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$62,000	$35,200	70
83	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$61,650	$40,390	2,290
84	Memphis, Tennessee	$61,540	$30,910	150
85	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$61,400	$37,180	150
86	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$61,360	$37,190	150
87	Yakima, Washington	$61,210	$41,080	30
88	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$61,200	$37,710	170
89	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$61,010	$36,920	550
90	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$60,960	$33,470	90
91	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$60,920	$39,820	50
92	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$60,720	$37,660	50
93	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$60,670	$47,740	40
94	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$60,630	$37,080	830
95	Rochester, Minnesota	$60,430	$44,780	220
96	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$60,400	$50,240	40
97	Reading, Pennsylvania	$60,370	$30,730	30
98	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$60,260	$34,990	100
99	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$60,220	$35,290	50
100	Medford, Oregon	$60,200	$47,310	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for health educators.