health educator

Health Educator

Duties and responsibilities: Create programs that encourage health and wellness, and prevent disease. They teach people how to make good health decisions, incorporate healthy activities into their lives and avoid harmful behavior.

Salary: $41,830 a year. Median pay is $20.11 hourly.

Education: A bachelor’s degree or higher in health education, public health, education or health promotion.

Demand for this profession: The demand for a health educator is to grow 21% from 2012.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I think I would like to be one because I could help save people's lives by education them on how to stay healthy.