DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system. May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southwest Minnesota	N/A	28	N/A	$6.02/hr	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	1,170	111	$43.44/hr	$3.34/hr	$20.22/hr	$30.80/hr	$38.77/hr	$54.72/hr	$64.97/hr
U S	35,010	875	$41.29/hr	$0.78/hr	$17.15/hr	$25.64/hr	$34.17/hr	$47.49/hr	$71.63/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Chiropractors Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change 2022 - 2032 Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 750 $40.90/hr 9.5% Southeast Minnesota 100 $39.23/hr 8.4% Northwest Minnesota 70 $38.88/hr 10.4% Northeast Minnesota 40 N/A 10.5% Central Minnesota 30 $41.67/hr 11.0% Southwest Minnesota N/A N/A 8.3%

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• Examines patient to determine nature and extent of disorder.
• Manipulates spinal column and other extremities to adjust, align, or correct abnormalities caused by neurologic and kinetic articular dysfunction.
• Utilizes supplementary measures, such as exercise, rest, water, light, heat, and nutritional therapy.
• Performs diagnostic procedures, including physical, neurologic, and orthopedic examinations, and laboratory tests, using instruments and equipment such as x-ray machine and electrocardiograph.