Chiropractors salary

SOC 29-1011 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$79,200

per year, nationally

Middle half

$60,070–$105,050

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

39,630

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+9.5%

2,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$43,460$146,080

10th: $43,460
25th: $60,070
Median: $79,200
75th: $105,050
90th: $146,080

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where chiropractors earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New Jersey	$134,990	108.8	1,370	1.26×
2	New York	$120,950	107.9	1,360	0.55×
3	Maine	$107,300	97.0	250	1.55×
4	Washington	$104,070	107.0	1,130	1.25×
5	Alaska	$103,500	102.4	90	1.03×
6	Arizona	$100,260	100.7	1,050	1.28×
7	North Carolina	$91,540	94.3	1,020	0.81×
8	Virginia	$88,030	101.1	900	0.86×
9	Texas	$87,520	97.1	2,840	0.79×
10	Oklahoma	$85,580	87.8	500	1.15×
11	Maryland	$85,330	105.0	390	0.55×
12	Florida	$84,280	103.4	3,220	1.27×
13	Tennessee	$83,990	91.9	500	0.60×
14	West Virginia	$83,160	89.5	60	0.36×
15	Wisconsin	$83,020	94.1	1,210	1.61×
16	Rhode Island	$81,840	102.3	170	1.34×
17	Kentucky	$81,740	90.2	470	0.92×
18	Oregon	$81,540	103.4	610	1.22×
19	Alabama	$80,990	88.8	430	0.80×
20	Idaho	$80,770	95.5	220	0.98×
21	Louisiana	$80,280	88.2	370	0.74×
22	Connecticut	$79,560	103.6	240	0.55×
23	Minnesota	$79,510	98.6	1,160	1.54×
24	South Carolina	$79,310	93.7	680	1.16×
25	Mississippi	$78,450	87.0	130	0.45×
26	North Dakota	$77,990	89.0	360	3.30×
27	Indiana	$77,790	93.3	780	0.95×
28	Ohio	$77,710	92.8	1,380	0.97×
29	Arkansas	$76,290	86.9	320	0.95×
30	South Dakota	$76,210	88.6	260	2.24×
31	Montana	$76,120	94.6	240	1.86×
32	Massachusetts	$75,940	105.8	780	0.84×
33	California	$75,470	110.7	2,760	0.59×
34	Iowa	$75,050	87.8	970	2.45×
35	New Mexico	$75,040	92.2	140	0.65×
36	Nevada	$74,190	100.0	240	0.62×
37	Colorado	$74,040	103.1	1,340	1.82×
38	Hawaii	$72,800	110.0	220	1.39×
39	Michigan	$71,220	96.2	1,270	1.13×
40	New Hampshire	$69,990	104.2	130	0.72×
41	Pennsylvania	$67,230	97.6	1,770	1.15×
42	Illinois	$66,650	100.0	2,190	1.41×
43	Nebraska	$66,050	90.1	500	1.91×
44	Missouri	$65,090	90.8	660	0.88×
45	Wyoming	$62,640	92.7	110	1.57×
46	Georgia	$61,660	96.3	1,500	1.20×
47	Kansas	$57,600	90.1	570	1.56×
48	Utah	$53,900	98.9	490	1.10×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where chiropractors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for chiropractors

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$130,870	112.6	—	—
2	Sheboygan, WI	$120,440	94.0	30	2.01×
3	Anchorage, AK	$118,080	105.4	50	1.11×
4	Green Bay, WI	$115,380	93.1	70	1.55×
5	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$113,560	102.7	90	0.56×
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$105,290	111.1	620	1.16×
7	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$104,330	98.2	210	1.12×
8	Oklahoma City, OK	$103,490	90.4	190	1.12×
9	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$103,090	106.7	130	0.46×
10	Huntsville, AL	$102,560	93.1	80	1.17×
11	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$102,110	103.3	830	1.37×
12	Appleton, WI	$101,410	92.4	60	1.80×
13	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$100,900	109.4	50	0.68×
14	Asheville, NC	$100,850	96.5	50	1.08×
15	Toledo, OH	$100,540	91.5	60	0.77×
16	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$100,410	104.5	230	0.67×
17	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$100,400	105.6	30	1.33×
18	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$100,310	92.9	60	0.64×
19	Medford, OR	$100,170	101.4	30	1.32×
20	Springfield, MA	$100,130	96.1	60	1.18×
21	Salem, OR	$99,360	103.6	50	1.04×
22	Jacksonville, FL	$99,280	99.5	210	1.08×
23	Portland-South Portland, ME	$99,210	101.9	120	1.68×
24	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$98,630	104.8	810	1.62×
25	Kenosha, WI	$98,450	101.1	30	1.67×
26	Canton-Massillon, OH	$98,380	89.4	60	1.41×
27	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$97,800	108.9	530	0.66×
28	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$97,740	103.2	—	—
29	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$97,580	103.1	1,110	1.08×
30	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$97,390	101.6	30	0.85×
31	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$97,300	114.2	610	0.84×
32	Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$96,940	96.0	30	1.67×
33	Jackson, MS	$96,920	89.0	30	0.45×
34	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$96,820	103.7	70	2.01×
35	Mobile, AL	$96,790	88.1	30	0.77×
36	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$96,150	101.4	430	1.20×
37	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$95,990	110.4	190	0.67×
38	Yakima, WA	$94,620	95.5	30	1.31×
39	Gainesville, FL	$94,460	96.7	30	0.81×
40	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$93,530	105.1	30	0.46×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where chiropractors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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