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What community health workers make
Median
$51,850
Bottom tenth
$38,810
Top tenth
$77,180
The national median is $51,850 a year, the bottom tenth earn $38,810 or less and the top tenth $77,180 or more (2025 federal wage survey). Hospitals, city health departments and small nonprofits living on grant money all hire for this work.