Wyoming·Community and Social Service Occupations·SOC 21-1094

Best Community Health Worker programs in Wyoming, ranked by enrollment

Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors.

5 schools in Wyoming run programs that feed this job, graduating 134 people a year. The job pays a median of $54,020 in Wyoming across about 140 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledCommunity Health PromoterCommunity Nutrition EducatorCommunity Health Outreach WorkerCommunity Health Program CoordinatorPromoterNavigatorContact TracerGuest Advocate
Graduates / yr
134
in Wyoming
Median pay · Wyoming
$54,020
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
140
people employed
Schools
5
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
44%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Wyoming that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Wyoming that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Wyoming (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Wyoming page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 51.0001In Wyoming
121
90.3%
4$34,545$25,000
2
CIP 51.2201In Wyoming
13
9.7%
1$36,762$25,076

Top 5 schools in Wyoming

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 5 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Northern Wyoming Community College District
Sheridan, WY Public · 1 feeder programs
69Health and Wellness, General42%
2Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, WY Public · 1 feeder programs
35Health and Wellness, General$31,90838%
3Central Wyoming College
Riverton, WY Public · 1 feeder programs
15Health and Wellness, General37%
4University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY Public · 1 feeder programs
13Public Health, General59%97%
5Casper College
Casper, WY Public · 1 feeder programs
2Health and Wellness, General43%

All 5 schools in Wyoming

Every school in Wyoming with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Wyoming that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridanPublic691
Laramie County Community CollegeCheyennePublic351
Central Wyoming CollegeRivertonPublic151
University of WyomingLaramiePublic131
Casper CollegeCasperPublic21

What community health workers earn in Wyoming

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Wyoming
$54,020
Mean annual
$58,310
Jobs in state
140
What the range looks like
10th pct$39,520Median$54,02090th pct$79,600
Versus the national median
+4.2%

U.S. median $51,850. Wyoming pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.22×

Concentrated here: Wyoming employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+11.3%
Much faster than average
Openings per year
7,800
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
7,400
65,100 → 72,500
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Plus short-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Community Health Workers page.

How to become a Community Health Worker

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
On-the-job training
Short-term on-the-job training

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Active ListeningSpeakingWritingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingActive Learning

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Wyoming

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 9 majors mapped to Community Health Workers9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 09.0905Health Communication
  • 51.0001Health and Wellness, General
  • 51.1504Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
  • 51.2201Public Health, General
  • 51.2207Public Health Education and Promotion
  • 51.2208Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • 51.2209Maternal and Child Health
  • 51.2212Behavioral Aspects of Health
  • 51.3206Arts in Medicine/Health

Common questions

Answers for people weighing community health workers programs in Wyoming.

What degree do you need to become a Community Health Worker?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Health and Wellness, General, which awarded 121 degrees in Wyoming in 2024-25, 90.3% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Community Health Worker?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, Public Health. Together they graduate about 134 people a year in Wyoming.

How much do community health workers earn in Wyoming?+

The median is $54,020 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 4.2% above the U.S. median of $51,850. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for community health workers growing?+

BLS projects a +11.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 7,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Wyoming?+

5 institutions in Wyoming reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do community health workers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Community Health Promoter, Community Nutrition Educator, Community Health Outreach Worker, Community Health Program Coordinator among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 21-1094.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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