The Average Salary of Health Promoters
Health promoters, also called health educators, provide information and instruction to communities as well as to individuals about living healthy in an effort to prevent illnesses and other medical conditions in the population. Health promoters must have at least a bachelor's degree, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, or in some cases a master's degree, to qualify for certain positions.
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Countrywide Averages
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that in May of 2009, a total of 63,320 health promoters worked in the United States and earned a mean, or average, salary of $49,060. The 10th percentile of health promoters earned a salary of $26,120 while the 90th percentile earned $79,290. The 25th percentile of health promoters made $33,270 annually, and the 75th percentile brought in a salary of $60,970. The 50th percentile of health promoters made $44,340 in a year's time.
Top Cities for Mean Salary
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The Bethseda-Frederick-Gaithersburg metropolitan area in Maryland reported the highest mean, or average of the entire group, salary earned by health promoters, at $94,880. Health promoters in the Salisbury, Md., area earned the second-highest mean salary of $86,310 while those who worked in Waterbury, Conn., made a mean salary of $83,520 to place third in the nation. Fourth place went to the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area of Georgia, where health promoters earned a mean of $75,790. Health promoters in the San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City metropolitan area of California earned the fifth-highest mean annual income, at $75,450.
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Top States for Mean Salary
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Maryland reported the top mean salary earned by health promoters nationwide, totaling $81,040. Health promoters in the District of Columbia earned the second-highest mean salary of $79,600, while those who worked in Georgia earned a mean of $69,930 to place third in the nation. Fourth place in the nation for mean salary was Rhode Island, where health promoters earned a mean of $62,440. Nevada came in fifth in the nation, with its health promoters having earned a mean salary of $60,430.
Top Industries for Mean Salary
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Specialty hospitals, excluding psychiatric and substance-abuse hospitals, ranked as the top industry, with health promoters earning a mean salary of $59,210. Junior colleges ranked second in the nation for health promoter mean pay, which totaled $57,190. Health promoters who worked in dentist offices earned the third-highest mean salary, which came to $57,090; while those in the general medical and surgical hospital industry earned the fourth-highest annual income of $56,560. Employment services reported the fifth-highest mean salary, with health promoters in the industry having earned a mean $56,250 annually.
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