Dietitians and Nutritionists salary

SOC 29-1031 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$76,400

per year, nationally

Middle half

$63,080–$89,340

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

77,570

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+5.5%

6,200 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.

$49,090$103,720

10th: $49,090
25th: $63,080
Median: $76,400
75th: $89,340
90th: $103,720

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Internship/residency

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

Where dietitians and nutritionists 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	California	$98,850	110.7	8,720	0.96×
2	West Virginia	$89,440	89.5	520	1.47×
3	Alaska	$87,980	102.4	130	0.82×
4	New Jersey	$84,450	108.8	2,870	1.34×
5	Washington	$84,220	107.0	1,450	0.82×
6	Oregon	$84,180	103.4	700	0.71×
7	New York	$82,480	107.9	5,330	1.10×
8	District of Columbia	$82,150	109.9	270	0.78×
9	Hawaii	$81,920	110.0	370	1.19×
10	Connecticut	$80,600	103.6	860	1.01×
11	Delaware	$78,060	99.8	290	1.19×
12	Maryland	$77,800	105.0	1,430	1.04×
13	Minnesota	$77,540	98.6	1,180	0.80×
14	Vermont	$77,450	98.0	160	1.04×
15	Virginia	$77,380	101.1	1,510	0.74×
16	Massachusetts	$76,660	105.8	2,860	1.58×
17	Florida	$76,050	103.4	4,370	0.88×
18	Colorado	$75,510	103.1	1,640	1.14×
19	Wisconsin	$74,930	94.1	1,330	0.90×
20	New Mexico	$74,730	92.2	500	1.16×
21	Texas	$74,440	97.1	5,320	0.76×
22	Illinois	$73,520	100.0	2,840	0.93×
23	Georgia	$73,200	96.3	2,020	0.83×
24	Iowa	$72,690	87.8	630	0.81×
25	New Hampshire	$71,840	104.2	440	1.28×
26	Idaho	$71,610	95.5	420	0.98×
27	Montana	$71,580	94.6	230	0.90×
28	Rhode Island	$71,300	102.3	360	1.44×
29	Louisiana	$70,460	88.2	800	0.83×
30	Nebraska	$70,160	90.1	570	1.12×
31	North Dakota	$70,040	89.0	270	1.28×
32	South Carolina	$69,970	93.7	950	0.82×
33	Oklahoma	$69,560	87.8	1,230	1.45×
34	Ohio	$69,530	92.8	3,060	1.10×
35	Kentucky	$69,520	90.2	1,040	1.04×
36	Nevada	$69,030	100.0	560	0.72×
37	Tennessee	$67,620	91.9	1,230	0.75×
38	North Carolina	$67,560	94.3	2,780	1.13×
39	Pennsylvania	$67,410	97.6	4,270	1.41×
40	Michigan	$66,850	96.2	2,370	1.08×
41	Kansas	$66,830	90.1	580	0.81×
42	Indiana	$66,450	93.3	1,670	1.05×
43	Alabama	$66,190	88.8	780	0.74×
44	Arkansas	$65,540	86.9	650	1.00×
45	Missouri	$65,450	90.8	1,700	1.16×
46	Utah	$65,310	98.9	1,120	1.29×
47	South Dakota	$64,890	88.6	210	0.91×
48	Maine	$64,610	97.0	510	1.60×
49	Arizona	$64,410	100.7	1,800	1.11×
50	Wyoming	$64,370	92.7	120	0.85×
51	Mississippi	$63,700	87.0	540	0.94×

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 dietitians and nutritionists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for dietitians and nutritionists

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	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$122,910	110.4	610	1.08×
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$117,380	115.6	1,210	1.02×
3	Vallejo, CA	$111,430	108.5	100	1.34×
4	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$103,760	109.9	40	0.87×
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$102,580	106.7	550	1.01×
6	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$102,060	108.8	100	0.98×
7	Salinas, CA	$101,640	109.0	60	0.61×
8	Napa, CA	$101,050	112.6	40	1.14×
9	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$99,720	107.8	110	1.07×
10	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$98,870	111.9	620	0.81×
11	Modesto, CA	$97,830	104.1	100	0.99×
12	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$97,350	108.6	70	1.18×
13	Visalia, CA	$96,880	99.8	60	0.72×
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$95,450	113.6	3,060	0.98×
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$95,280	106.4	710	0.83×
16	Chico, CA	$93,900	101.2	40	1.05×
17	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$93,860	110.5	150	0.95×
18	Fresno, CA	$93,470	102.2	240	1.03×
19	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$93,010	105.1	150	1.02×
20	Charleston, WV	$92,390	88.7	90	1.78×
21	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$90,760	100.9	110	0.67×
22	Redding, CA	$90,520	100.7	50	1.33×
23	Beckley, WV	$89,440	88.4	30	1.54×
24	Salem, OR	$89,220	103.6	90	1.00×
25	Barnstable Town, MA	$88,320	98.4	60	1.36×
26	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$87,580	111.1	880	0.84×
27	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$86,690	112.6	5,490	1.16×
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$85,860	105.4	420	0.69×
29	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$84,050	103.2	160	1.31×
30	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$83,850	100.2	50	1.59×
31	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$82,880	106.9	200	0.99×
32	Reno, NV	$81,920	101.0	100	0.71×
33	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$81,750	108.9	1,220	0.78×
34	St. Cloud, MN	$81,620	87.6	60	1.10×
35	New Haven, CT	$81,110	104.6	180	1.25×
36	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$80,920	94.2	60	1.09×
37	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$80,560	103.2	70	0.86×
38	Rochester, MN	$80,330	90.8	120	1.92×
39	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$80,270	109.4	170	1.29×
40	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$80,260	102.7	310	1.05×

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 dietitians and nutritionists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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