Dietetic Technicians salary

SOC 29-2051 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$37,640

per year, nationally

Middle half

$33,880–$45,750

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

31,560

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+2.5%

4,000 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.

$29,720$54,020

10th: $29,720
25th: $33,880
Median: $37,640
75th: $45,750
90th: $54,020

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Associate's 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 dietetic technicians 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	Oregon	$54,670	103.4	60	0.15×
2	New York	$50,420	107.9	1,580	0.80×
3	Colorado	$47,810	103.1	230	0.39×
4	Minnesota	$47,610	98.6	170	0.28×
5	Washington	$47,000	107.0	290	0.40×
6	California	$46,410	110.7	6,310	1.71×
7	Arizona	$45,970	100.7	370	0.57×
8	Hawaii	$43,580	110.0	130	0.99×
9	Illinois	$42,550	100.0	590	0.48×
10	Maine	$42,320	97.0	40	0.31×
11	Connecticut	$42,040	103.6	330	0.95×
12	New Hampshire	$41,830	104.2	230	1.63×
13	Ohio	$41,380	92.8	660	0.59×
14	Delaware	$41,280	99.8	150	1.50×
15	District of Columbia	$40,810	109.9	190	1.36×
16	Utah	$40,580	98.9	890	2.52×
17	New Jersey	$40,530	108.8	400	0.46×
18	Montana	$40,040	94.6	100	1.00×
19	Massachusetts	$39,760	105.8	910	1.23×
20	Rhode Island	$39,400	102.3	50	0.48×
21	Oklahoma	$38,840	87.8	130	0.39×
22	Virginia	$38,790	101.1	460	0.55×
23	Wisconsin	$38,750	94.1	410	0.69×
24	Nebraska	$37,760	90.1	100	0.47×
25	Nevada	$37,630	100.0	370	1.16×
26	New Mexico	$37,580	92.2	100	0.58×
27	South Carolina	$36,770	93.7	450	0.95×
28	Michigan	$36,420	96.2	3,060	3.43×
29	Missouri	$36,100	90.8	290	0.49×
30	North Dakota	$35,890	89.0	90	0.98×
31	Iowa	$35,220	87.8	350	1.09×
32	West Virginia	$35,210	89.5	260	1.84×
33	Kansas	$35,060	90.1	140	0.49×
34	Florida	$34,740	103.4	2,420	1.20×
35	Georgia	$34,240	96.3	490	0.49×
36	Pennsylvania	$34,090	97.6	2,300	1.87×
37	Maryland	$33,710	105.0	1,670	2.98×
38	Idaho	$32,620	95.5	170	1.00×
39	Arkansas	$31,900	86.9	210	0.78×
40	Indiana	$31,660	93.3	690	1.06×
41	North Carolina	$31,010	94.3	1,300	1.30×
42	Texas	$30,280	97.1	1,360	0.48×
43	Kentucky	$28,970	90.2	430	1.06×
44	Louisiana	$28,860	88.2	190	0.49×
45	Mississippi	$28,690	87.0	120	0.49×

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 dietetic technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for dietetic technicians

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	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$60,070	105.4	30	0.14×
2	Redding, CA	$59,760	100.7	60	3.79×
3	Columbus, OH	$50,920	95.5	160	0.73×
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$50,690	110.4	360	1.56×
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$50,630	107.8	90	2.10×
6	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$50,570	110.5	180	2.68×
7	Syracuse, NY	$50,120	95.7	30	0.56×
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$49,800	112.6	1,430	0.74×
9	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$49,420	105.1	190	3.22×
10	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$48,780	99.6	30	0.35×
11	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$48,230	104.8	140	0.35×
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$48,210	105.8	150	0.47×
13	Modesto, CA	$48,130	104.1	100	2.51×
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$48,040	111.1	220	0.53×
15	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$47,740	103.3	240	0.50×
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$47,640	106.4	630	1.82×
17	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$45,930	115.6	510	1.07×
18	New Haven, CT	$45,720	104.6	80	1.38×
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$45,450	113.6	2,550	2.00×
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$45,240	106.7	390	1.79×
21	Tucson, AZ	$45,060	96.9	100	1.26×
22	Rochester, NY	$44,100	97.0	40	0.42×
23	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$44,080	96.9	110	0.69×
24	Urban Honolulu, HI	$43,570	111.0	100	1.06×
25	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$43,560	103.6	450	0.50×
26	Worcester, MA	$43,190	102.5	90	1.32×
27	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$42,530	106.9	70	0.89×
28	Cleveland, OH	$42,330	93.9	120	0.56×
29	Madison, WI	$41,970	97.3	50	0.59×
30	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$41,490	92.2	70	0.56×
31	Toledo, OH	$41,380	91.5	30	0.52×
32	Chico, CA	$41,320	101.2	40	2.68×
33	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$41,260	97.6	150	2.15×
34	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$41,250	100.9	440	2.64×
35	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$40,630	102.7	130	1.05×
36	Ogden, UT	$40,580	100.3	160	2.98×
37	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$40,560	98.2	140	2.21×
38	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$40,490	108.8	50	1.28×
39	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$40,210	95.4	100	0.47×
40	Reno, NV	$40,160	101.0	60	1.11×

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 dietetic technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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