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Chiropractors
Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system. May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.
What a chiropractor does
Become a chiropractor
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good chiropractor
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- 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
- Average hourly rate is $42 per hour with an average salary of $86,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $23 and $50 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $47,000 and $104,600 per year.
Chiropractor job outlook
- There are 1,038 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 171 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.