An official website of Washington State government
Epidemiologists
Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of disease, disability, or health outcomes. May develop the means for prevention and control.
What an epidemiologist does
Become an epidemiologist
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good epidemiologist
- Reading work related information.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.
Epidemiologist job outlook
- There are 926 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 87 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.