Chiropractor Salary

A Chiropractor Salary is calculated by the US Government Bureau of Labor Statistics from a variety of sources. Chiropractors work in a number of settings including hospitals, clinics and schools.  The salaries of Chiropractors varies depending on the location and the setting.  The assumption was made that the chiropractors reflected here were working an average of 40 hours per week with a total of 2080 hours per year.

Chiropractor Salary:  Median Hourly & Annual Data

Hourly

Chiropractors median salary is $32.66 per hour. The lowest 10% earn $16.37 per hour and those in the upper 10% earn more than $70.00 per hour.

Annually

On an annual basis  the median chiropractor salary is $67,940.  The lowest 10% earn $34,060 per year while the upper 10% earn more than $145,000 per year.  These salaries are calculated as a mean or average. 

Lowest and Highest Chiropractor Salaries 

The lowest paid chiropractors earn less than $34,000 annually while the highest paid Chiropractors earn $185,000 per year. 

Top 5 States

The best states to earn a chiropractor salary are Nevada ($132,920), Alabama($129,720), Maryland ($117,660), Wisconsin($113,560) and Washington($111,550).

 Top 5 Metropolitan Areas

The best city or metropolitan areas to earn a chiropractor salary are Bethesda-Gaithersberg-Fredrick MD Metro Division ($158,060), Las Vegas-Paradise NV ($141,840), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord NC-SC($139,720), Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI ($135,100) and Little Rock-North Little Rock AR($132,350)

Private Practice Vs Employment

Chiropractors in private practice earned a median salary of approximately $105,000 to $109,000 per year based on a 2003 survey conducted in the Northeast United States. This means that approximately half of the chiropractors surveyed earned less than $105,000 per year and that approximately half of the chiropractors had a salary of more than $109,000.  

Employment Data

According to the US Department of Labor nationally there are 22,730 chiropractors  who earn a salary through being employed. The total number of chiropractors is approximately 81,000.   Approximately 28% of all chiropractors are not self-employed. 

Where They Work

Of all the chiropractors employed in the United States over 24,690 of them work in the offices of other healthcare practitioners such as other chiropractors, doctors and etc.  This is also where the best chiropractic salaries can be found. The annual mean salary is $86,860.  A small number of chiropractors earn a salary by being employed in chiropractic colleges and universities and earn an annual mean salary of $81,040.

Benefits

Fringe benefits are going to be similar to those offered by small business's or single proprietor business's. A typical employment benefits package is worth over $20,000 per year.