29 Series · SOC 29-1299
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Salary
National pay, percentile range, growth outlook, and state-by-state detail from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey (May 2025).
- $115,210
- Median / year
- $195,190
- Top 10% earn
- +2%
- Growth '23–'33
- 28,630
- US workers
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other earn a median of $115,210 per year.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, the median annual wage is $115,210, based on the most recent survey of employers. Reported pay ranges from $65,210 (10th percentile) to $195,190 (90th percentile) nationally, across roughly 28,630 US workers. Maryland pays the most ($164,670), since pay varies by state and metro area.
The pay verdict
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other earn a median of $115,210, putting them among the better-paid US occupations and higher than 90% of the 825 occupations with a published BLS median. Within Healthcare Practitioners and Technical, it ranks #32 of 71 by median pay. Employment is projected to grow 2% by 2033.
- $115,210
- Median annual wage
- Top 10%
- of 825 US occupations with published wages
- #32 of 71
- in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
- 3.0×
- 90th-to-10th pay spread
Highest-paying state: Maryland at $164,670. Typical entry-level education: Master's degree.
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other (SOC 29-1299) pays a national median of $115,210 per year according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey released in May 2025. Full-range compensation stretches from $65,210 at the 10th percentile to $195,190 at the 90th, with a mean of $127,660 indicating a right-skew where top earners pull the average above the midpoint. An estimated 28,630 Americans work in this occupation across 44 reporting states and 85 metro areas.
BLS Employment Projections forecast a +2% change in employment from 2024 to 2034, which the agency classifies as slower than average relative to the 5% all-occupations baseline. About 2,400 openings are projected per year, combining new positions with replacement needs from retirements and occupation-switchers. Typical entry-level preparation is Master's degree. The BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) produce a workplace-safety grade of A for this role, with a fatality rate of 0.7 per 100,000 and injury rate of 1.5 per 100.
Geographic variation matters as much as the headline median. Maryland pays the highest state median at $164,670, which is +43% above the national figure. The top metro is Fresno, CA at $209,100 - metro premiums typically reflect higher cost of living, industry concentration, or specialized employer demand. When using this page for negotiation or career planning, pair the national median with the state and metro rows below, remember that BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, and revisit after each May OEWS release since percentiles shift with cost-of-living cycles and industry demand. See our methodology for exactly how these figures are sourced, computed, and verified.
Median Salary
$115,210
per year
Median Hourly
$55.39/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$127,660
average
Employment
28,630
jobs nationwide
How does this pay compare nationally?
Where Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other pay sits nationally
Median annual wage vs. 825 detailed BLS occupations with a published median
$115,210 Top 10% higher than 90% of 825 US occupations
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Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025
Does this job pay well and grow?
Each dot is a 29-series occupation, placed by projected 2024–2034 growth and median pay. The highlighted dot is Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other; the upper-right quadrant is the sweet spot (high pay + fast growth).
Among 25 29-series occupations with growth data, Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other sits on the slower-growing side at +2% growth and $115,210 median pay.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS (wages, May 2025) and Employment Projections (2024–2034).
Job Outlook (2024–2034)
Projected Growth
+2%
Slower than average
Annual Openings
2,400
per year (projected)
Typical Education
Master's degree
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034
Workplace Safety
All safety ratings →Very Safe
Safety Grade (BLS 2023)
Fatality Rate
0.7/100K
Injury Rate
1.5/100
Danger Index
6.4/100
Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) & Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), 2023
Career Intelligence
Skills, knowledge, and tasks most important for Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other roles, ranked by importance. Source: O*NET.
Top Skills
Knowledge Areas
Key Tasks
- ▸ Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics.
- ▸ Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
- ▸ Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
- ▸ Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.
- ▸ Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
- ▸ Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.
- ▸ Educate patients about health care management.
- ▸ Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
- ▸ Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes.
- ▸ Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines, such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.
Source: O*NET Online, National Center for O*NET Development. Data represents typical importance ratings for this occupation.
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$65,210
25th Percentile
$83,780
Median
$115,210
75th Percentile
$161,470
90th Percentile
$195,190
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | $164,670 | +43% above national |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $151,990 | +32% above national |
| 3 | New York | $127,360 | +11% above national |
| 4 | Georgia | $126,300 | +10% above national |
| 5 | California | $125,550 | +9% above national |
| 6 | Montana | $122,930 | +7% above national |
| 7 | Connecticut | $119,970 | +4% above national |
| 8 | Hawaii | $119,520 | +4% above national |
| 9 | Utah | $119,430 | +4% above national |
| 10 | North Carolina | $117,210 | +2% above national |
| 11 | Missouri | $112,260 | 3% below national |
| 12 | Maine | $112,010 | 3% below national |
| 13 | Alaska | $110,220 | 4% below national |
| 14 | Massachusetts | $106,060 | 8% below national |
| 15 | Texas | $105,370 | 9% below national |
| 16 | Wisconsin | $104,330 | 9% below national |
| 17 | Washington | $103,380 | 10% below national |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | $103,150 | 10% below national |
| 19 | Ohio | $101,710 | 12% below national |
| 20 | Colorado | $101,570 | 12% below national |
| 21 | Wyoming | $101,280 | 12% below national |
| 22 | North Dakota | $101,240 | 12% below national |
| 23 | New Jersey | $100,900 | 12% below national |
| 24 | Minnesota | $99,400 | 14% below national |
| 25 | Florida | $99,260 | 14% below national |
| 26 | Arizona | $95,780 | 17% below national |
| 27 | Oregon | $95,600 | 17% below national |
| 28 | Illinois | $95,080 | 17% below national |
| 29 | New Mexico | $94,660 | 18% below national |
| 30 | Michigan | $92,410 | 20% below national |
| 31 | Tennessee | $90,750 | 21% below national |
| 32 | Iowa | $89,480 | 22% below national |
| 33 | Kentucky | $88,610 | 23% below national |
| 34 | Virginia | $87,530 | 24% below national |
| 35 | Kansas | $86,550 | 25% below national |
| 36 | Nebraska | $86,260 | 25% below national |
| 37 | Nevada | $85,590 | 26% below national |
| 38 | Indiana | $83,780 | 27% below national |
| 39 | South Dakota | $83,780 | 27% below national |
| 40 | Vermont | $83,740 | 27% below national |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | $83,350 | 28% below national |
| 42 | New Hampshire | $82,550 | 28% below national |
| 43 | Arkansas | $81,330 | 29% below national |
| 44 | Rhode Island | $81,280 | 29% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresno, CA | $209,100 | +81% above national |
| 2 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $166,230 | +44% above national |
| 3 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $154,540 | +34% above national |
| 4 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $147,370 | +28% above national |
| 5 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $140,730 | +22% above national |
| 6 | Salem, OR | $140,670 | +22% above national |
| 7 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $139,570 | +21% above national |
| 8 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $136,640 | +19% above national |
| 9 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $133,060 | +15% above national |
| 10 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $128,610 | +12% above national |
| 11 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $125,320 | +9% above national |
| 12 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $124,750 | +8% above national |
| 13 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $123,280 | +7% above national |
| 14 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $122,930 | +7% above national |
| 15 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $122,640 | +6% above national |
| 16 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $121,880 | +6% above national |
| 17 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $120,540 | +5% above national |
| 18 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $120,270 | +4% above national |
| 19 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $119,750 | +4% above national |
| 20 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $118,060 | +2% above national |
| 21 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $116,810 | +1% above national |
| 22 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $114,050 | 1% below national |
| 23 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $113,920 | 1% below national |
| 24 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $112,490 | 2% below national |
| 25 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $110,680 | 4% below national |
| 26 | Madison, WI | $110,410 | 4% below national |
| 27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $109,550 | 5% below national |
| 28 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $108,250 | 6% below national |
| 29 | Anchorage, AK | $107,810 | 6% below national |
| 30 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $107,810 | 6% below national |
| 31 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $107,060 | 7% below national |
| 32 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $105,590 | 8% below national |
| 33 | Rochester, NY | $105,100 | 9% below national |
| 34 | New Haven, CT | $104,420 | 9% below national |
| 35 | Fayetteville, NC | $103,810 | 10% below national |
| 36 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $103,710 | 10% below national |
| 37 | Columbia, MO | $102,540 | 11% below national |
| 38 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $102,190 | 11% below national |
| 39 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $102,130 | 11% below national |
| 40 | Fargo, ND-MN | $101,240 | 12% below national |
| 41 | Cleveland, OH | $100,360 | 13% below national |
| 42 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $99,400 | 14% below national |
| 43 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $99,020 | 14% below national |
| 44 | Richmond, VA | $97,820 | 15% below national |
| 45 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $97,760 | 15% below national |
| 46 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $97,520 | 15% below national |
| 47 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $96,820 | 16% below national |
| 48 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $96,820 | 16% below national |
| 49 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $96,640 | 16% below national |
| 50 | Tucson, AZ | $96,300 | 16% below national |
| 51 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $96,160 | 17% below national |
| 52 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $96,050 | 17% below national |
| 53 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $95,870 | 17% below national |
| 54 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $95,470 | 17% below national |
| 55 | Pittsburgh, PA | $95,200 | 17% below national |
| 56 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $95,140 | 17% below national |
| 57 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $95,080 | 17% below national |
| 58 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $95,040 | 18% below national |
| 59 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $94,520 | 18% below national |
| 60 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $94,210 | 18% below national |
| 61 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $92,930 | 19% below national |
| 62 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $92,770 | 19% below national |
| 63 | Albuquerque, NM | $92,560 | 20% below national |
| 64 | Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $92,100 | 20% below national |
| 65 | Ann Arbor, MI | $91,020 | 21% below national |
| 66 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $90,750 | 21% below national |
| 67 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $90,250 | 22% below national |
| 68 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $88,710 | 23% below national |
| 69 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $88,710 | 23% below national |
| 70 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $88,610 | 23% below national |
| 71 | Colorado Springs, CO | $88,520 | 23% below national |
| 72 | Iowa City, IA | $86,880 | 25% below national |
| 73 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $86,260 | 25% below national |
| 74 | Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $85,760 | 26% below national |
| 75 | Columbus, OH | $84,860 | 26% below national |
| 76 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $83,350 | 28% below national |
| 77 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $81,330 | 29% below national |
| 78 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $81,330 | 29% below national |
| 79 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $81,280 | 29% below national |
| 80 | Toledo, OH | $78,530 | 32% below national |
| 81 | Winston-Salem, NC | $78,220 | 32% below national |
| 82 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $77,790 | 32% below national |
| 83 | Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $76,950 | 33% below national |
| 84 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $70,450 | 39% below national |
| 85 | Columbus, GA-AL | $61,800 | 46% below national |
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How to use Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other pay figures in a real decision
- For an experienced offer, anchor on the 75th percentile (about $161,470/year), not the median. The median marks the middle worker; the upper quartile is the realistic target with strong experience. Salary calculator
- Location moves pay significantly: Maryland leads at $164,670/year for this role. Weigh state pay against local cost of living before relocating or negotiating remote. Pay by state
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