Compared with the local labor market
Health Educator 2 pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Health Education Specialists — about 770 people — is $80,990. Public Health pays a median base salary of $77,170 for this role, 5% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Public Health sits in the local pay range
$48,450
$62,310
$80,990
$102,710
$106,780
Public Health median · $77,170
The bar is the range of annual wages for Health Education Specialists across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Health Education Specialists — about 65,690 people — is $64,070. Public Health’s median base salary is 20% above that national figure, about the 64th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$42,990
$50,620
$64,070
$87,130
$118,200
Public Health median · $77,170
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 41 of 44 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Health is $77,501, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Health Educator beyond Ramsey County, Minnesota
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the median of $77,501 ranks #3 of 7. See Health Educator across all of Ramsey County, Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Health Educator roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.