Health Education Specialists

Community and Social Service Occupations

O*NET-SOC code: 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.

Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery high
Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
Source dataset (XLSX download)
Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.138
0.000Range of values carried here0.745
Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
Source dataset (CSV download)
Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.28
0.09Range of values carried here0.70
Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
Source dataset (PDF download)

What kind of figure this source publishes

The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.

Task-level exposure

16 rated tasks · 13 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (81.3%)

β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.

Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.

Source: OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
Release: gh-main-0471612
License: MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI

Task (O*NET 30.2)	Claude.aiRaw / share %
Design and administer training programs for new employees and continuing education for existing employees. 21-1091.00	0.00000.0
Not observed on any surface — 15 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states.
Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.	—0
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.	—0
Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.	—0
Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services.	—0
Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.	—0
Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.	—0
Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.	—0
Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs.	—0
Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related Web sites.	—0
Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work.	—0
Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs.	—0
Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies.	—0
Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys.	—0
Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.	—0
Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government.	—0

Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.

Task (O*NET 27.2)	βE1 + 0.5 × E2
Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted. O*NET Task ID 9216	1.0
Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs. O*NET Task ID 9222	1.0
Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related Web sites. O*NET Task ID 9225	1.0
Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. O*NET Task ID 20236	1.0
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. O*NET Task ID 9217	0.5
Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services. O*NET Task ID 9220	0.5
Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs. O*NET Task ID 9224	0.5
Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work. O*NET Task ID 9226	0.5
Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs. O*NET Task ID 9227	0.5
Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies. O*NET Task ID 9228	0.5
Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys. O*NET Task ID 9229	0.5
Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. O*NET Task ID 20235	0.5
Design and administer training programs for new employees and continuing education for existing employees. O*NET Task ID 20237	0.5
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β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.

Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

All O*NET 31.0 task statements (16)

All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.

Task (O*NET 31.0)	Type
Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.	Core
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.	Core
Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.	Core
Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services.	Core
Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.	Core
Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.	Core
Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.	Core
Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs.	Core
Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related Web sites.	Core
Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work.	Core
Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs.	Core
Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies.	Core
Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys.	Core
Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.	Core
Design and administer training programs for new employees and continuing education for existing employees.	Core
Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government.	Supplemental

Employment outlook (BLS)

Employment, 2025: 70K
Projected employment, 2035: 74K
Change (2025–35): +5.6%
Median annual wage, 2025: $64,070
Typical education needed for entry: Bachelor's degree

lowest $30,890median wage across 825 detailed occupations, BLS EP 2025–35highest $559,030

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35 — Employment by detailed occupation, 2025 and projected 2035

Korea classification links (KSCO)

Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.

KSCO code	KSCO title	Relation	Status
24403	보건교사	Related, not a match	confirmed
25399	그 외 사회복지 전문가 및 관련 종사원	Related, not a match	confirmed

Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)

ILO occupational description

AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.

ISCO-08 2263Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals

The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.

Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals assess, plan and implement programmes to recognize, monitor and control environmental factors that can potentially affect human health, to ensure safe and healthy working conditions and to prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, radiological and biological agents or ergonomic factors.

Tasks

(a) developing, implementing and reviewing programmes and policies to minimize potential environmental and occupational risks to health and safety;
(b) preparing and implementing plans and strategies for the safe, economic and suitable disposal of commercial, industrial, medical and household wastes;
(c) implementing prevention programmes and strategies for communicable diseases, food safety, waste water treatment and disposal systems, recreation and domestic water quality, contaminated and hazardous substances;
(d) identifying, reporting and documenting hazards, and assessing and controlling risks in the environment and workplace and advising on compliance with relevant law and regulations;
(e) developing, implementing and monitoring programmes to minimize workplace and environmental pollution involving chemical, physical and biological hazards;
(f) advising on methods to prevent, eliminate, control or reduce the exposure of workers, students, the public and the environment to radiological and other hazards;
(g) promoting ergonomic principles within the workplace such as matching furniture, equipment and work activities to the needs of employees;
(h) providing education, information, training and advice to persons at all levels on aspects of occupational hygiene and environmental health;
(i) recording and investigating injuries and equipment damage, and reporting safety performance;
(j) coordinating arrangements for the compensation, rehabilitation and return to work of injured workers.

Example occupations

Environmental health officer · Occupational health and safety adviser · Occupational hygienist · Radiation protection expert

Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits

ESCO occupational vocabulary

Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.

community development officerESCO 2422.2This occupation is narrower
Community development officers develop plans to improve quality of life in local communities. They investigate and assess the community's issues and needs, manage resources, and develop implementation strategies. They communicate with the community for investigation purposes, and to inform the community on development plans.
policy officerESCO 2422.10This occupation is narrower
Policy officers research, analyse and develop policies in various public sectors, and shape and implement these policies to improve the existing regulation around the sector. They evaluate effects of existing policies and report findings to the government and members of the public. Policy officers work closely with partners, external organisations or other stakeholders and provide them with regular updates.
healthcare consultantESCO 2422.5This occupation is broader
Healthcare consultants advise health care organisations on the development of plans to improve patient care and safety. They analyse health care policies and identify issues, and aid in the development of improvement strategies.
public health policy officerESCO 2422.10.12This occupation is broader
Public health policy officers develop and implement strategies for the improvement of a community's health care policy. They advise governments on policy changes and identify problems in current health care policies.
weight loss consultantESCO 5142.12This occupation is broader
Weight loss consultants assist clients in obtaining and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. They advise on how to lose weight by finding a balance between healthy food and exercise. Weight loss consultants set goals together with their clients and keep track of progress during weekly meetings.

Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)

License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)

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ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.

France classification links (ROME)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.

ROME code	ROME title (French)	Relation
K1414	Chargé / Chargée de mission santé publique	Overlapping, not the same
K1402	Médecin conseil	Related, not a match
K1425	Délégué / Déléguée de l'Assurance Maladie (DAM)	Related, not a matchprovisional

Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.

ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.

(AI Changing Work link release: fr-direct v1)

Spain classification links (CNO-11)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

CNO-11 code	CNO-11 title (Spanish)	Relation
2158	Profesionales de la salud y la higiene laboral y ambiental	Related, not a match

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.

(AI Changing Work link release: es-direct v1)

Germany classification links (KldB)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

KldB code	KldB title (German)	Relation
82213	Berufe in der Gesundheitsberatung - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten	Overlapping, not the same
82214	Berufe in der Gesundheitsberatung - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten	Overlapping, not the same
81782	Berufe in der nicht ärztlichen Therapie und Heilkunde (sonstige spezifische Tätigkeitsangabe) - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten	Related, not a matchprovisional
81784	Berufe in der nicht ärztlichen Therapie und Heilkunde (sonstige spezifische Tätigkeitsangabe) - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten	Related, not a matchprovisional
82212	Berufe in der Gesundheitsberatung - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten	Related, not a matchprovisional

Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.

(AI Changing Work link release: de-direct v1)

Japan classification links (JSCO)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

JSCO code	JSCO title (Japanese)	Relation
131	保健師	Related, not a match
159	他に分類されない保健医療従事者	Related, not a match

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.

(AI Changing Work link release: jp-direct v1)

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