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Health Education Specialists pay in Maryland and Minnesota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Health Education Specialists is $104,470 per year in Maryland. It is $78,400 per year in Minnesota. Maryland is 33.3% above Minnesota on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1091 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,220 wage and salary jobs in Maryland and 1,250 in Minnesota. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings