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Chiropractors

November 2004 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers

Chiropractors: Adjust spinal column and other articulations of the body to correct abnormalities of the human body believed to be caused by interference with the nervous system. Examine patient to determine nature and extent of disorder. Manipulate spine or other involved area. May utilize supplementary measures, such as exercise, rest, water, light, heat, and nutritional therapy.

Median annual earnings of salaried chiropractors were $65,330 in 2002. The middle 50 percent earned between $44,140 and $102,400 a year.

Self-employed chiropractors usually earn more than salaried chiropractors. According to the American Chiropractic Association, in 2000, the average income for all chiropractors, including the self-employed, was about $81,500 after expenses. In chiropractic, as in other types of independent practice, earnings are relatively low in the beginning and increase as the practice grows. Geographic location and the characteristics and qualifications of the practitioner also may influence earnings. Self-employed chiropractors must provide for their own health insurance and retirement.

Chiropractors held about 49,000 jobs in 2002. Most chiropractors are in solo practice, although some are in group practice or work for other chiropractors. A small number teach, conduct research at chiropractic institutions, or work in hospitals and clinics.

Many chiropractors are located in small communities. There are geographic imbalances in the distribution of chiropractors, in part because many establish practices close to chiropractic institutions.

(from the Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chiropractors)

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November 2004 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers

National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Earnings

Chiropractors
 Percentile annual earnings, $
10th25th50th75th90th
National
U.S.
employment: 22,730
mean earnings: $84,020
34,060 45,980 67,940107,010>$145K
State and Metro Area
Alabama (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 340
mean earnings: $82,520
17,600 43,690 74,090 90,250>145K
Mobile, AL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $80,850
34,540 73,550 80,010 86,690 90,700
Alaska (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 40
mean earnings: $138,010
61,660 75,550139,830>145K>145K
Arizona (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 480
mean earnings: $93,870
32,510 75,740101,560117,950141,990
Phoenix - Mesa, AZ
employment: 300
mean earnings: $111,600
74,500 99,900111,560129,930>145K
Tucson, AZ
employment: 90
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Arkansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 130
mean earnings: $116,980
49,420 55,160110,320>145K>145K
Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers, AR
employment: 40
mean earnings: $150,230
51,630 57,970>145K>145K>145K
Little Rock - North Little Rock, AR
employment: 50
mean earnings: $95,910
49,250 53,990107,990132,330145,520
California (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 2,250
mean earnings: $78,820
32,210 46,500 59,830 88,310>145K
Fresno, CA
employment: 40
mean earnings: $65,150
49,780 54,000 59,430 70,630 86,460
Los Angeles - Long Beach, CA
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 550
mean earnings: $59,140
39,140 42,680 48,440 57,070 74,600
Modesto, CA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $63,270
49,070 51,560 55,730 59,890 90,380
Oakland, CA
employment: 90
mean earnings: $89,330
61,370 65,780 73,050 95,760>145K
Riverside - San Bernardino, CA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $184,330
108,100>145K>145K>145K>145K
Sacramento, CA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $75,260
29,390 36,680 79,220 96,610119,660
San Diego, CA
employment: 330
mean earnings: $76,530
46,200 51,760 59,220 88,670137,470
San Francisco, CA
employment: 230
mean earnings: $75,160
47,080 53,250 68,850 88,070114,290
San Jose, CA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $103,250
71,790 76,000 83,070 90,130>145K
Stockton - Lodi, CA
employment: 40
mean earnings: $131,480
37,430 74,460138,340>145K>145K
Colorado (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $65,290
38,580 41,540 46,490 80,460116,130
Boulder - Longmont, CO
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $73,510
58,390 61,440 66,320 71,210127,840
Denver, CO
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $63,860
38,890 41,200 45,040 82,640116,570
Connecticut (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 170
mean earnings: $112,120
45,210 55,860 92,780>145K>145K
Hartford, CT
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $130,070
53,240 70,110133,850>145K>145K
New Haven - Meriden, CT
employment: 40
mean earnings: $113,130
41,160 51,000 69,510>145K>145K
Delaware (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $110,890
45,140 50,800 59,030>145K>145K
Wilmington - Newark, DE - MD
employment: 70
mean earnings: $128,460
49,430 55,050144,740>145K>145K
Florida (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 2,040
mean earnings: $75,510
25,310 41,740 66,300 99,690133,580
Fort Lauderdale, FL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $63,250
44,320 47,970 54,220 83,540 91,950
Fort Myers - Cape Coral, FL
employment: 70
mean earnings: $96,210
58,570 74,460 82,240 90,020>145K
Jacksonville, FL
employment: 170
mean earnings: $57,400
37,550 40,830 55,430 68,710 84,900
Melbourne - Titusville - Palm Bay, FL
employment: 80
mean earnings: $46,590
23,720 25,730 37,600 43,640 69,730
Miami, FL
employment: 100
mean earnings: $96,920
27,610 45,740 76,380>145K>145K
Naples, FL
employment: 60
mean earnings: $41,170
25,870 29,020 31,900 35,250 57,190
Ocala, FL
employment: 40
mean earnings: $96,890
33,490 48,980 79,280144,540>145K
Orlando, FL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $94,860
63,140 87,050 98,980108,270113,850
Pensacola, FL
employment: 40
mean earnings: $113,600
76,400 81,580 90,220>145K>145K
Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL
employment: 380
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
West Palm Beach - Boca Raton, FL
employment: 180
mean earnings: $63,020
27,640 47,290 51,820 56,340110,280
Georgia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 570
mean earnings: $63,420
35,540 42,680 53,160 77,130 94,660
Atlanta, GA
employment: 300
mean earnings: $57,470
36,910 41,110 49,090 55,620 63,580
Augusta - Aiken, GA - SC
employment: 50
mean earnings: $85,760
60,750 66,020 74,660 93,910138,980
Savannah, GA
employment: 30
mean earnings: $46,260
25,640 29,000 49,650 54,250 57,000
Hawaii (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 60
mean earnings: $61,230
33,530 48,700 61,920 73,100 87,080
Honolulu, HI
employment: 50
mean earnings: $55,260
32,410 36,930 59,060 68,480 73,630
Idaho (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 170
mean earnings: $37,120
19,310 29,330 33,010 42,720 54,230
Boise City, ID
employment: 80
mean earnings: $30,260
20,010 28,480 31,150 33,900 38,940
Illinois (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,520
mean earnings: $99,760
31,950 38,830 75,370>145K>145K
Chicago, IL
employment: 1,150
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Peoria - Pekin, IL
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 70
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Rockford, IL
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 40
mean earnings: $53,670
45,830 48,050 51,740 55,430 74,010
Indiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 430
mean earnings: $89,310
32,360 51,500 79,270125,130>145K
Fort Wayne, IN
employment: 70
mean earnings: $95,850
47,530 51,740122,610138,380>145K
Indianapolis, IN
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 140
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Iowa (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 350
mean earnings: $52,640
25,960 40,330 50,960 65,150 73,670
Davenport - Moline - Rock Island, IA - IL
employment: 70
mean earnings: $61,200
31,290 34,800 62,280 70,030100,370
Sioux City, IA - NE
employment: 40
mean earnings: $71,410
39,020 42,770 63,120 71,520141,750
Kansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 330
mean earnings: $75,600
25,850 29,050 46,220 98,300>145K
Wichita, KS
employment: 90
mean earnings: $89,700
25,660 28,600 87,860126,660>145K
Kentucky (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 190
mean earnings: $74,070
38,340 46,040 54,710 84,860>145K
Lexington, KY
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 50
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Louisville, KY - IN
employment: 70
mean earnings: $78,110
44,830 49,460 65,430 93,220141,440
Louisiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 200
mean earnings: $80,040
30,300 38,010 60,840120,680>145K
Maine (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 130
mean earnings: $60,050
42,880 49,600 55,970 76,700 85,370
Maryland (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 290
mean earnings: $96,450
45,530 49,860 56,190>145K>145K
Baltimore, MD
employment: 190
mean earnings: $80,720
46,100 49,550 54,640 73,790>145K
Massachusetts (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 320
mean earnings: $91,720
42,530 62,590 77,370107,640>145K
Boston, MA - NH
employment: 140
mean earnings: $84,880
39,750 61,270 85,620104,680128,700
Springfield, MA
employment: 40
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Michigan (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,090
mean earnings: $81,670
20,380 39,940 78,030101,910>145K
Detroit, MI
employment: 660
mean earnings: $77,590
19,700 22,480 79,820 94,280>145K
Flint, MI
employment: 40
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Grand Rapids - Muskegon - Holland, MI
employment: 60
mean earnings: $60,950
22,030 58,200 64,000 69,830 79,180
Kalamazoo - Battle Creek, MI
employment: 60
mean earnings: $74,930
48,100 54,360 65,830103,880114,970
Lansing - East Lansing, MI
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $92,310
35,810 75,070 99,800108,500113,710
Saginaw - Bay City - Midland, MI
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $131,710
40,280 43,780>145K>145K>145K
Minnesota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 820
mean earnings: $76,320
43,680 53,590 74,390 89,980120,170
Duluth - Superior, MN - WI
employment: 30
mean earnings: $76,010
23,990 49,820 78,170107,960132,880
Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN - WI
employment: 550
mean earnings: $69,980
46,650 52,530 66,760 83,390 93,550
Mississippi (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 130
mean earnings: $59,630
12,890 28,960 49,850 74,140119,100
Missouri (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 440
mean earnings: $82,090
36,840 47,360 65,940 90,720>145K
Kansas City, MO - KS
employment: 170
mean earnings: $64,890
28,710 41,950 53,400 70,240126,340
St. Louis, MO - IL
employment: 220
mean earnings: $90,850
41,480 59,670 70,980103,130>145K
Montana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 100
mean earnings: $54,660
17,320 34,090 48,500 74,690 88,210
Nebraska (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 220
mean earnings: $65,970
25,320 38,200 55,130 85,630112,550
Omaha, NE - IA
employment: 50
mean earnings: $55,210
37,140 42,970 53,010 62,430 92,970
Nevada (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 210
mean earnings: $123,890
34,780 79,010122,920>145K>145K
Las Vegas, NV - AZ
employment: 180
mean earnings: $119,650
34,130 68,000116,080>145K>145K
New Hampshire (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 70
mean earnings: $114,130
49,420 54,060105,910>145K>145K
New Jersey (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 710
mean earnings: $117,530
52,580 68,240107,700>145K>145K
Bergen - Passaic, NJ
employment: 70
mean earnings: $101,300
59,170 68,030 93,620136,690>145K
Middlesex - Somerset - Hunterdon, NJ
employment: 130
mean earnings: $93,960
49,570 62,300 84,850131,780>145K
Monmouth - Ocean, NJ
employment: 80
mean earnings: $87,630
58,100 65,500 74,880120,260138,970
Newark, NJ
employment: 280
mean earnings: $157,090
59,810109,050>145K>145K>145K
New Mexico (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 200
mean earnings: $72,930
36,980 48,790 72,320 88,610131,430
Albuquerque, NM
employment: 110
mean earnings: $70,950
47,450 51,860 77,090 86,240 92,070
New York (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,130
mean earnings: $81,820
42,410 53,110 67,860 99,950144,890
Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $61,200
34,850 49,540 58,570 77,430 87,100
Nassau - Suffolk, NY
employment: 230
mean earnings: $91,850
41,050 46,400 92,770134,370145,340
New York, NY
employment: 640
mean earnings: $79,690
44,100 56,310 66,510 84,400>145K
Rochester, NY
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 40
mean earnings: $81,920
40,250 43,460 48,520120,880>145K
North Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 400
mean earnings: $88,160
34,010 45,810 78,250113,550>145K
Charlotte - Gastonia - Rock Hill, NC - SC
employment: 130
mean earnings: $79,480
40,240 47,970 67,600 94,570>145K
Raleigh - Durham - Chapel Hill, NC
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 60
mean earnings: $90,130
28,270 34,580 85,680137,410>145K
North Dakota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $63,050
38,780 47,840 54,250 65,280 88,140
Fargo - Moorhead, ND - MN
employment: 30
mean earnings: $67,400
43,780 48,580 55,020 97,600110,430
Ohio (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 860
mean earnings: $99,900
51,070 61,620 74,230135,180>145K
Akron, OH
employment: 70
mean earnings: $110,450
42,260 55,800 87,650>145K>145K
Canton - Massillon, OH
employment: 30
mean earnings: $115,740
41,500 71,170102,000>145K>145K
Cincinnati, OH - KY - IN
employment: 150
mean earnings: $87,000
41,760 56,440 65,680 88,790>145K
Cleveland - Lorain - Elyria, OH
employment: 180
mean earnings: $79,550
48,120 57,580 65,440 72,340>145K
Columbus, OH
employment: 110
mean earnings: $98,760
56,440 61,400 71,700135,680>145K
Dayton - Springfield, OH
employment: 60
mean earnings: $112,100
75,020 79,260 86,330>145K>145K
Hamilton - Middletown, OH
employment: 40
mean earnings: $67,100
48,140 54,810 65,870 73,140 92,070
Toledo, OH
employment: 50
mean earnings: $137,680
66,930 79,250139,380>145K>145K
Oklahoma (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 200
mean earnings: $103,240
36,210 55,930 75,230>145K>145K
Oklahoma City, OK
employment: 30
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Tulsa, OK
employment: 90
mean earnings: $135,600
61,290 68,940>145K>145K>145K
Oregon (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 360
mean earnings: $52,760
30,880 33,770 41,920 52,080 71,880
Medford - Ashland, OR
employment: 40
mean earnings: $49,810
40,310 44,570 49,850 54,910 57,950
Pennsylvania (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 850
mean earnings: $74,460
34,380 49,070 65,990 88,200133,990
Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton, PA
employment: 70
mean earnings: $78,850
47,120 63,450 78,320 90,870114,840
Lancaster, PA
employment: 40
mean earnings: $83,780
28,980 61,170 75,870115,330137,770
Philadelphia, PA - NJ
employment: 310
mean earnings: $70,430
44,190 51,660 64,380 73,630 93,570
Scranton - - Wilkes - Barre - - Hazleton, PA
employment: 70
mean earnings: $77,900
26,590 56,690 68,580 87,080>145K
Rhode Island (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 70
mean earnings: $58,330
37,740 40,780 46,140 64,590 71,230
South Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 320
mean earnings: $96,960
35,380 41,510 63,450>145K>145K
Greenville - Spartanburg - Anderson, SC
employment: 80
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
South Dakota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 140
mean earnings: $88,360
50,470 56,860 81,590114,580135,300
Sioux Falls, SD
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $100,950
72,410 98,500105,640112,780117,070
Tennessee (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 140
mean earnings: $114,330
41,430 63,860110,220>145K>145K
Nashville, TN
employment: 50
mean earnings: $98,490
52,940 99,370107,930116,500121,630
Texas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,240
mean earnings: $78,540
37,050 41,090 60,740 94,390>145K
Amarillo, TX
employment: 40
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Austin - San Marcos, TX
employment: 100
mean earnings: $73,960
45,290 49,730 62,170 85,830137,120
Beaumont - Port Arthur, TX
employment: 30
mean earnings: $81,750
44,840 60,230 69,070 84,070>145K
El Paso, TX
employment: 30
mean earnings: $78,540
37,880 42,980 70,290 87,580>145K
Fort Worth - Arlington, TX
employment: 100
mean earnings: $119,770
93,110 98,410106,650114,880>145K
Houston, TX
employment: 140
mean earnings: $105,890
42,710 79,760 89,530133,810>145K
San Antonio, TX
employment: 40
mean earnings: $94,580
41,790 59,480 70,840136,760>145K
Utah (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 250
mean earnings: $63,050
40,390 48,650 56,480 69,010105,210
Provo - Orem, UT
employment: 80
mean earnings: $47,520
38,690 41,600 46,440 52,790 57,270
Salt Lake City - Ogden, UT
employment: 150
mean earnings: $63,750
49,170 53,590 60,070 71,330101,920
Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 520
mean earnings: $105,540
35,900 50,990 76,550>145K>145K
Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News, VA - NC
employment: 100
mean earnings: $76,080
33,960 49,390 56,430112,420143,230
Richmond - Petersburg, VA
employment: 80
mean earnings: $115,950
29,070 32,820 86,190>145K>145K
Washington (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 260
mean earnings: $100,340
47,080 55,120 80,320132,380>145K
Seattle - Bellevue - Everett, WA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $86,620
76,110 79,600 85,420 91,250 95,190
Tacoma, WA
employment: 30
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
West Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 50
mean earnings: $89,460
33,210 52,590 68,050127,990>145K
Huntington - Ashland, WV - KY - OH
employment: 30
mean earnings: $73,250
39,080 42,190 47,610 99,970143,850
Wisconsin (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 880
mean earnings: $104,870
43,510 62,190 89,910141,600>145K
Eau Claire, WI
employment: 40
mean earnings: $70,970
45,200 49,490 56,650 86,370110,150
Madison, WI
employment: 100
mean earnings: $88,250
47,120 64,330 77,470 90,210>145K
Milwaukee - Waukesha, WI
employment: 250
mean earnings: $143,960
82,050127,120141,570>145K>145K
Wyoming (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 40
mean earnings: $80,090
41,730 59,220 71,200116,580135,500

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates

The highlighted text indicates the maximum values in each column among the states and metropolitan areas.

The (ACS) links lead to data from the American Community Survey from the Census Bureau.

The (EAG) links lead to U.S. Economy at a Glance data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.