Public Health Teacher: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Job Numbers and Growth

The count of public health teacher working in the US is about 62,000. Unemployment for this career is low compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 12% of employees work only part of the time.

Training and Education

Many employers require a bachelor's degree from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 58% of workers. People with some college experience but no degree make up 26% of employees. The highest level of education for for 16% of public health teacher was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in Hanford (California), Olympia (Washington), and Cheyenne (Wyoming), and comparatively fewer in Ogden (Utah), Boise (Idaho), and Las Vegas (Nevada).

The earning potential for employees appears to be highest in Bethesda (Maryland), Atlanta (Georgia), and San Francisco (California), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Farmington (New Mexico), Billings (Montana), and Laredo (Texas).

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Public Health Teacher: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Public Health Teacher, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Public Health Teacher are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Public Health Teacher are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	110	$45,170	0.5
Alabama	Montgomery	80	$34,730	1.1
Alaska	Anchorage	170	$41,380	2.5
Arizona	Phoenix	520	$50,260	0.6
Arizona	Tucson	310	$43,030	1.9
Arizona	Yuma	100	$35,450	4.2
Arkansas	Little Rock	100	$50,600	0.7
California	Bakersfield	170	$36,000	1.5
California	Chico	50	$40,630	1.8
California	Fresno	130	$49,130	0.9
California	Hanford	120	$37,020	11.4
California	Madera	80	$42,340	5.9
California	Modesto	80	$46,100	1.2
California	Napa	70	$44,320	2.8
California	Oakland	760	$57,720	1.7
California	Oxnard	110	$47,740	0.9
California	Riverside	1,230	$43,920	2.2
California	Sacramento	850	$58,110	2.2
California	Salinas	190	$38,410	2.9
California	San Diego	1,300	$38,010	2.2
California	San Francisco	1,120	$79,830	2.5
California	San Jose	600	$50,920	1.5
California	San Luis Obispo	70	$38,280	1.7
California	Santa Ana	580	$46,590	0.9
California	Santa Barbara	160	$46,210	2.3
California	Santa Cruz	200	$44,580	5.7
California	Santa Rosa	120	$46,480	1.5
California	Stockton	70	$39,680	0.8
California	Vallejo	190	$58,310	3.8
California	Visalia	50	$36,450	0.9
Colorado	Boulder	40	$54,660	0.6
Colorado	Colorado Springs	90	$35,950	0.8
Colorado	Denver	360	$54,490	0.7
Colorado	Fort Collins	40	$42,830	0.8
Colorado	Greeley	40	$49,160	1.3
Connecticut	Bridgeport	130	$50,840	0.7
Connecticut	Hartford	270	$51,260	1.1
Connecticut	New Haven	60	$54,140	0.5
Connecticut	Norwich	40	$43,670	0.8
Delaware	Wilmington	70	$45,480	0.5
District of Columbia	Washington	1,310	$64,170	1.3
Florida	Cape Coral	50	$47,770	0.6
Florida	Deltona	60	$56,090	0.9
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	260	$36,520	0.8
Florida	Gainesville	100	$42,120	2.1
Florida	Jacksonville	200	$43,850	0.8
Florida	Lakeland	30	$48,390	0.4
Florida	Miami	270	$52,530	0.6
Florida	Naples	50	$49,860	1
Florida	Orlando	190	$44,920	0.4
Florida	Palm Bay	30	$53,790	0.4
Florida	Pensacola	60	$46,690	1
Florida	Port St Lucie	30	$59,010	0.6
Florida	Sarasota	70	$41,430	0.6
Florida	Tallahassee	50	$56,080	0.7
Florida	Tampa	460	$43,310	0.9
Florida	West Palm Beach	110	$45,070	0.5
Georgia	Athens	70	$33,180	2.3
Georgia	Atlanta	1,830	$73,290	1.7
Georgia	Augusta	60	$48,020	0.7
Georgia	Savannah	80	$47,020	1.3
Hawaii	Honolulu	270	$55,350	1.4
Idaho	Boise	40	$54,880	0.3
Illinois	Chicago	1,010	$50,550	0.6
Illinois	Peoria	90	$52,850	1.3
Illinois	Rockford	60	$53,500	0.9
Illinois	Springfield	130	$35,600	3.1
Indiana	Bloomington	40		1.5
Indiana	Elkhart	50	$45,870	0.9
Indiana	Evansville	40	$39,880	0.5
Indiana	Fort Wayne	90	$45,140	1
Indiana	Gary	120	$57,160	1
Indiana	Indianapolis	570	$50,580	1.4
Indiana	South Bend	50	$44,240	0.9
Indiana	Terre Haute	50		1.8
Iowa	Sioux City	40	$46,310	1.4
Iowa	Waterloo	40	$34,840	1.2
Kansas	Topeka	70	$42,470	1.5
Kansas	Wichita	120	$42,720	0.9
Kentucky	Lexington	60	$31,180	0.6
Kentucky	Louisville	100	$37,850	0.4
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	70	$44,140	0.4
Louisiana	New Orleans	140	$53,350	0.6
Maine	Portland	140	$47,550	1.6
Maryland	Baltimore	490	$55,660	0.9
Maryland	Bethesda	1,090	$91,340	4.3
Maryland	Hagerstown	30	$54,890	0.7
Maryland	Salisbury	50		2.5
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	110	$46,410	2.7
Massachusetts	Boston	1,530	$56,620	2
Massachusetts	Brockton	60	$44,380	1.7
Massachusetts	Framingham	50	$55,650	0.7
Massachusetts	Leominster	80	$40,060	4.2
Massachusetts	Lowell	50	$46,580	1
Massachusetts	New Bedford	50	$39,200	2
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	50	$44,780	4.1
Massachusetts	Springfield	190	$45,880	1.5
Massachusetts	Worcester	130	$40,100	1.2
Michigan	Ann Arbor	110	$42,100	1.6
Michigan	Detroit	190	$49,030	0.6
Michigan	Flint	40	$53,050	0.7
Michigan	Grand Rapids	280	$64,030	1.7
Michigan	Jackson	50	$54,250	2.5
Michigan	Kalamazoo	50	$42,260	0.9
Michigan	Warren	190	$51,400	0.4
Minnesota	Duluth	40	$45,390	0.8
Minnesota	Minneapolis	740	$43,750	0.9
Mississippi	Gulfport	30		0.7
Mississippi	Jackson	220	$39,000	2
Missouri	Columbia	40	$40,210	1.2
Missouri	Jefferson City	160	$33,970	5.9
Missouri	Joplin	30	$39,540	0.9
Missouri	Kansas City	490	$46,540	1.1
Missouri	Springfield	100	$37,280	1.2
Missouri	St Louis	690	$45,690	1.2
Montana	Billings	50	$27,530	1.5
Nebraska	Lincoln	200		2.9
Nebraska	Omaha	240	$45,040	1.2
Nevada	Las Vegas	140	$62,960	0.3
Nevada	Reno	70	$55,990	0.8
New Jersey	Atlantic City	30	$43,060	0.5
New Jersey	Camden	150	$51,880	0.6
New Jersey	Edison	230	$48,120	0.5
New Jersey	Newark	220	$52,400	0.5
New Jersey	Trenton	120	$62,470	1.3
New Mexico	Farmington	60	$22,070	3
New Mexico	Santa Fe	90	$41,580	3.6
New York	Albany	460	$49,430	2.4
New York	Binghamton	100	$37,550	2.3
New York	Buffalo	380	$49,220	1.6
New York	Elmira	60	$41,300	4.6
New York	Glens Falls	30	$41,210	1.5
New York	Ithaca	50	$41,390	3.1
New York	Nassau	320	$45,390	0.6
New York	New York	3,260	$48,040	1.4
New York	Poughkeepsie	110	$49,710	1.1
New York	Rochester	260	$43,430	1.2
New York	Syracuse	230	$48,400	1.7
New York	Utica	60	$35,750	1.1
North Carolina	Asheville	90	$46,250	1.2
North Carolina	Charlotte	250	$41,640	0.6
North Carolina	Durham	270	$66,960	2.3
North Carolina	Fayetteville	50	$47,370	1
North Carolina	Greensboro	80	$46,100	0.5
North Carolina	Greenville	130	$38,650	4.6
North Carolina	Raleigh	220	$50,350	1
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	30	$46,590	1.3
North Carolina	Wilmington	30	$47,500	0.5
North Carolina	Winston Salem	130	$51,760	1.4
North Dakota	Fargo	40	$41,500	0.8
Ohio	Akron	120	$45,940	0.8
Ohio	Cincinnati	230	$40,610	0.5
Ohio	Cleveland	210	$49,210	0.4
Ohio	Columbus	240	$41,930	0.6
Ohio	Dayton	80	$47,190	0.5
Ohio	Toledo	90	$41,160	0.7
Ohio	Youngstown	60	$37,470	0.6
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	260	$52,330	1
Oklahoma	Tulsa	160	$41,620	0.8
Oregon	Bend	40	$47,650	1.5
Oregon	Portland	780	$52,000	1.7
Oregon	Salem	40	$49,470	0.6
Pennsylvania	Allentown	120	$47,090	0.8
Pennsylvania	Erie	50	$36,280	1
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	100	$45,850	0.7
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	80	$48,960	0.8
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	870	$49,400	1
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	420	$44,820	0.8
Pennsylvania	Scranton	160	$36,220	1.4
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	40	$31,200	2.1
Rhode Island	Providence	430	$54,630	1.7
South Carolina	Columbia	330	$41,360	2.2
South Carolina	Florence	30	$47,580	0.9
South Carolina	Greenville	50	$46,400	0.4
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	50	$41,980	0.9
Tennessee	Chattanooga	130	$41,720	1.3
Tennessee	Jackson	50	$28,670	2.2
Tennessee	Johnson City	110	$47,900	3.7
Tennessee	Kingsport	60	$32,560	1.3
Tennessee	Knoxville	150	$37,490	1
Tennessee	Memphis	310	$37,000	1.1
Tennessee	Nashville	540	$39,570	1.6
Texas	Austin	210	$38,800	0.6
Texas	Beaumont	30	$32,110	0.5
Texas	Brownsville	50		1
Texas	Corpus Christi	70	$41,110	0.9
Texas	Dallas	590	$49,750	0.6
Texas	El Paso	140	$33,550	1.2
Texas	Fort Worth	250	$43,610	0.7
Texas	Houston	1,030	$46,600	0.9
Texas	Laredo	40	$26,280	1.2
Texas	Longview	30	$49,460	0.8
Texas	Lubbock	60	$41,780	1.2
Texas	Mcallen	60	$35,060	0.6
Texas	San Antonio	280	$41,380	0.8
Texas	Tyler	30	$39,960	0.8
Utah	Ogden	30	$42,310	0.4
Utah	Salt Lake City	100	$46,920	0.4
Virginia	Richmond	170	$49,560	0.6
Virginia	Roanoke	40	$49,200	0.6
Virginia	Virginia Beach	330	$41,280	1
Washington	Kennewick	50	$50,790	1.4
Washington	Olympia	390	$56,210	10.3
Washington	Seattle	920	$50,170	1.4
Washington	Spokane	70	$45,340	0.8
Washington	Tacoma	190	$44,280	1.6
Washington	Yakima	50	$44,360	1.6
West Virginia	Charleston	60	$32,990	1
West Virginia	Huntington	60	$41,290	1.3
West Virginia	Morgantown	40	$42,000	2.3
Wisconsin	Appleton	70	$43,760	1.5
Wisconsin	Green Bay	30	$45,930	0.4
Wisconsin	Madison	100	$55,480	0.7
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	300	$44,230	0.8
Wyoming	Cheyenne	140	$54,320	8.6

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