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Ramsey County, Minnesota / Public Health / Health Educator

Job-title file

Health Educator

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

27 employees hold this title in Public Health. Median total compensation for the role is $85,075, above the department median of $67,353.

Employees
27
Total payroll
$2.1M
Role median
$85,075
Agency median
$67,353
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$20,636$104,377+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 27 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Health Educator 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 figureabout the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Health sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$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.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$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 $25,000in 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 departments

This role across Ramsey County, Minnesota

Health Educator is held in 2 Ramsey County, Minnesota departments. In Public Health, the median of $85,075 ranks #2 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Health Educator role in other Ramsey County, Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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

Los Angeles County
$130,197 · 37
Minnesota
$70,813 · 14
California
$65,152 · 90
Florida
$39,913 · 112

Median total compensation for comparable Health Educatorroles 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.

Record list

Employees with this title

Page 1

Mao Thao

Health Educator/Public Health

2025 total comp
$105,025
Sub-department
Health and Wellness
Base pay
$74,558
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$30,467
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$105,025
Hourly rate
$50
Hire date
1986-08-25
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1
Middle name
H

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2
PubHlth/HlthyComm/HlthyComm
Earn Code
111
Empl Record
0
Pay Status
Retired
Termination Date
Sep 2, 2025

Mao Thao is a Health Educator at Public Health within Health and Wellness. Hired in 1986, they have about 39 years of service, working full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $105,025. Union affiliation: Unr.

Thomas Chatman Jr

Health Educator/Public Health

2025 total comp
$103,780
Sub-department
Health and Wellness
Base pay
$103,780
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$103,780
Hourly rate
$52
Hire date
2019-12-18
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2
PubHlth/HlthyFam/YouthCoord
Empl Record
0
Pay Status
Active

Thomas Chatman Jr works as a Health Educator for Public Health within Health and Wellness. Their tenure dates to 2019, about 6 years as a full-time employee. Thomas earned $103,780 in 2025. They are represented by Unr.

Kristen Damberg

Health Educator/Public Health

2025 total comp
$103,761
Sub-department
Health and Wellness
Base pay
$103,761
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$103,761
Hourly rate
$50
Hire date
2002-11-05
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
Unr
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1

Source-specific fields

Dept Name 2
PubHlth/ClSvcs/FamilyPlng
Empl Record
0
Pay Status
Active

At Public Health, Kristen Damberg serves as a Health Educator within Health and Wellness. Hired in 2002, they have about 23 years of service, working full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $103,761. They are represented by Unr.