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Health Education Specialists
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 5.6% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #311 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.6% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $64,070 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 70,400 in the US, with about 6,900 openings a year
The work, 13 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Maintain operational records14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Distribute materials, supplies, or resources12%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
Still yours: Develop public or community health programs11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop health assessment methods or programs9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Develop professional relationships or networks7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,715 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
AI helps with this: Assess living, work, or social needs or status of individuals or communities5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,012 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Research healthcare issues5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 142 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
AI does this: Evaluate programs, practices, or processes4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,764 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI does this: Train others on operational or work procedures4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 348 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on educational or vocational matters4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 293 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 106 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 6,900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 25% of the workFirst-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers14% AI does, against 23% here+4% by 2035 · $58,430 · High school diploma
- Shares 21% of the workFood Science Technicians0% AI does, against 23% here+4.8% by 2035 · $52,130 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 30% of the workLibrary Technicians17% AI does, against 23% here-6.4% by 2035 · $44,580 · Postsecondary certificate
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On the wire.
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How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.17, higher than 58% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 21-1091 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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