Community Health Workers
Human ServicesO*NET 21-1094.00United States
Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies.
- Median annual earnings
- $51,695
- Projected change
- +15.3%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 65.06K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
51.9% of the workforce
Growing to 75.04K by 2035
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The work
What community health workers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Maintain updated client records with plans, notes, appropriate forms, or related information.
- Advise clients or community groups on issues related to improving general health, such as diet or exercise.
- Identify or contact members of high-risk or otherwise targeted groups, such as members of minority populations, low-income populations, or pregnant women.
- Contact clients in person, by phone, or in writing to ensure they have completed required or recommended actions.
- Distribute flyers, brochures, or other informational or educational documents to inform members of a targeted community.
- Refer community members to needed health services.
- Attend community meetings or health fairs to understand community issues or build relationships with community members.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $38,526
- 25th percentile
- $45,417
- 50th percentile
- $51,695
- 75th percentile
- $62,753
- 90th percentile
- $78,600
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $51,695 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+15.3%much faster than average
202565,055 jobs
2035 projected75,036 jobs
9,981 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 51.9%
- Associate degree
- 22.7%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 15.3%
- High school diploma or less
- 7.5%
- Some college
- 2.6%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Community Health Workers3,770 postings
- 02Community Health Navigators134 postings
- 03Behavioral Health Workers112 postings
- 04Biometric Screeners105 postings
- 05Community Health Advocates93 postings
- 06Community Health Outreach Workers93 postings
- 07Field Based Community Health Workers69 postings
- 08Outreach Specialists67 postings
- 09Nurses/Health Screeners66 postings
- 10Community Healthcare Workers56 postings
- 11Health Navigators53 postings
- 12Screeners52 postings
- 13Community Health Aides51 postings
- 14Community Resource Coordinators51 postings
- 15Wellness Managers47 postings
- 16Health Screeners41 postings
- 17Community Health Specialists37 postings
- 18Community Outreach Specialists35 postings
- 19Community Navigators30 postings
- 20Community Liaisons29 postings
Top employers
- 01CVS Health185 postings
- 02Labcorp151 postings
- 03Oak Street Health107 postings
- 04CareSource96 postings
- 05UnitedHealth Group96 postings
- 06Reema Health71 postings
- 07Integrated Services For Behavioral Health70 postings
- 08Maximus54 postings
- 099Am Solutions38 postings
- 10Centene38 postings
- 11Strive Health36 postings
- 12Humana35 postings
- 13Molina Healthcare34 postings
- 14Mass General Brigham28 postings
- 15Adventist Health27 postings
- 16Care Access27 postings
- 17CommonSpirit Health27 postings
- 18Mercy26 postings
- 19Mercyhealth26 postings
- 20Aya Healthcare25 postings
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