Healthcare
Chiropractors
Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system. May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.
Median salary (BLS)
$79,200
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$43k – $146k
Job outlook
+10% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $93,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Chiropractors
Education
Typical entry: Doctorate / professional (MD, JD, PhD)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Chiropractors
Entry / Junior
$43,460
~2 yrs to advance
Chiropractors
Established
$79,200
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Chiropractors
Senior
$112,640
Key skills
A typical day
- •Evaluate the functioning of the neuromuscularskeletal system and the spine using systems of chiropractic diagnosis.
- •Diagnose health problems by reviewing patients' health and medical histories, questioning, observing, and examining patients and interpreting x-rays.
- •Perform a series of manual adjustments to the spine or other articulations of the body to correct the musculoskeletal system.
- •Obtain and record patients' medical histories.
- •Maintain accurate case histories of patients.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.