Massachusetts has made great strides in improving the health of its citizens, and was rated the third healthiest state in the nation in 2014 by the United Health Foundation. Further, Massachusetts had the highest percentage of residents with health insurance in the country in 2013, according to the Trust for America’s Health. Additionally, in a February 2015 report the Anne E. Casey Foundation highlighted Massachusetts as the state with the best overall health and well-being for children and teens.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has been instrumental in improving public health through education, public policy advocacy, and monitoring environmental health hazards and infectious diseases. The state has long been proactive in its approach to tracking environmental issues affecting public health. Its health department was one of only seven in the country to receive funding to implement such tracking systems in 2002. For instance, Massachusetts is in its fourth year of tracking pediatric asthma cases and has correlated episodes of this disorder in schools with the presence of moisture problems.
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Epidemiologists at the Bureau of Infectious Disease identified Massachusetts’ first case of enterovirus D68 in 2015 and committed to working with healthcare partners and local public health to contain this highly contagious disease.
With its well-compensated state, local, academic, and non-governmental public health professionals, Massachusetts is well equipped to prevent virtually any public health crisis, and effectively deal with those that do occur.
A Salary Analysis of Public Health Professionals in Boston
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development provides a comparison of the salaries of public health professionals in the Boston metropolitan area for 2014. The pay for any given position can vary dramatically, but professionals with advanced degrees such as a Master of Public Health are likely to be those with experience who earn salaries on the high end of the scale.
A Statewide Analysis of Public Health Professional Salaries in Massachusetts
For comparison, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics provides a high level of detail on the hourly wages and annual salaries of public health professionals throughout Massachusetts for 2014.
