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Careers›Roles›Health and Wellness Coordinator
Mid-Level

Health and Wellness Coordinator

Healthier people, healthier organizations: you plan and run wellness programs across fitness, nutrition, stress, and prevention. Where good intentions meet real-world habits.

Career Level
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Work Personality
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Socialhelping, teaching
Enterprisingleading, persuading
Based on Holland Code framework
Industries that often hire Health and Wellness Coordinators
Technology & InformationConsumer Services · 40%Entertainment & Media · 18%Healthcare · 18%Hospitality & Food Service · 8%Education · 4%
Job markets for Health and Wellness Coordinators
Employment concentration · ~34 areas
Based on employment in related occupations
Mapped SOC categories:
Healthcare
BLS Occupational Employment Statistics
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Health and Wellness Coordinator

The work blends planning programs, coordinating events and vendors, educating people, and tracking participation and outcomes. Much of it is getting people to actually change habits, and engagement is the perennial challenge. You juggle logistics, budgets, and a lot of cheerleading.

What surprises people is how hard sustained behavior change is: programs are easy to launch, hard to make stick. Budgets and proving ROI can be constant battles, motivation flags, and you're often a team of one. Corporate, healthcare, and community settings differ in scope.

Organized, encouraging, and genuinely people-focused: that's who does well. If you want clinical depth or quick wins, the slow, soft results can frustrate. But if nudging people toward healthier lives is satisfying, the work tends to give that back, one habit at a time.

What people in this role value
RelationshipsHigh
IndependenceHigh
AchievementAbove avg
RecognitionAbove avg
Working ConditionsModerate
SupportModerate
O*NET Work Values survey
✦ Editorial — written by Truest from industry research and career patterns
Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

Earning potential across this track
$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
INDUSTRIES PAYING ABOVE AVERAGE
Professional Services$77K+1%
Energy & Utilities$77K+0%
Technology & Information$74K-4%
Financial Services$70K-9%
Healthcare$70K-9%
Compared to Healthcare average across all industries
1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Health and Wellness Coordinators (SOC 11-9179.01), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$37K–$111K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
10K
U.S. Employment
+6.5%
10yr Growth
2K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

SpeakingSocial PerceptivenessActive ListeningService OrientationCoordinationCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionWritingManagement of Personnel ResourcesMonitoring
O*NET OnLine · Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mapped SOC Codes
11-9179.01

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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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