AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 21-1091.00
Will AI replace Health Education Specialists?
Health Education Specialists: AI can already handle 6 of 16 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 16 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Health Education Specialists, from most to least exposed. 6 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Design and administer training programs for new employees and continuing education for existing employees. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related Web sites. | Estimated | Efficient |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 16 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 16 of 16. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 65,690
- Median annual wage
- $64,070
- Middle half of earners
- $50,620 to $87,130
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +4.5%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Community Health Workers 69% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure45
- Health Informatics Specialists 64% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure60
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 63% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure65
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 61% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure54
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 61% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure60
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Health Education Specialists and AI
Will AI replace Health Education Specialists?
AI already handles 6 of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 54 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +4.5% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Health Education Specialists?
54 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 16 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 16 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Health Education Specialists tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns; Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted; Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals. They are three of the 6 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Health Education Specialists, and what do they earn?
65,690 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $64,070 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +4.5% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Health Education Specialists. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/health-education-specialists
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