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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.
- Talking to others.
- 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
- Typical hourly rate is $48 per hour with a typical salary of $74,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $26 and $58 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $15,900 and $84,800 per year.
- 52% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $48 per hour with a typical salary of $46,000 per year.
- 53% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past 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.
Multiple Jobs
- 9% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 16% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.