Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

75 occupations · 2024 BLS OEWS data

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations include physicians, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other licensed professionals who diagnose and treat patients.

Top Metro Areas for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

$112,349

avg median

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

$103,547

avg median

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

$96,697

avg median

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

$105,918

avg median

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

$96,255

avg median

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

$103,607

avg median

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

$93,960

avg median

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

$85,437

avg median

Occupation	SOC Code	Median Annual	Employed Nationwide
Acupuncturists	29-1291	$78,140	8,440
Acupuncturists and Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	29-1298	—	—
Anesthesiologists	29-1211	—	41,890
Athletic Trainers	29-9091	$60,250	28,950
Audiologists	29-1181	$92,120	14,730
Cardiologists	29-1212	—	18,020
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	29-2031	$67,260	61,180
Chiropractors	29-1011	$79,000	37,630
Dental Hygienists	29-1292	$94,260	219,070
Dentists, All Other Specialists	29-1029	$225,770	5,900
Dentists, General	29-1021	$172,790	113,490
Dermatologists	29-1213	—	10,080
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	29-2032	$89,340	86,460
Dietetic Technicians	29-2051	$37,040	29,950
Dietitians and Nutritionists	29-1031	$73,850	76,570
Emergency Medical Technicians	29-2042	$41,340	177,980
Emergency Medicine Physicians	29-1214	—	33,680
Exercise Physiologists	29-1128	$58,160	8,110
Family Medicine Physicians	29-1215	$238,380	107,950
General Internal Medicine Physicians	29-1216	$236,350	66,640
Genetic Counselors	29-9092	$98,910	3,510
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	29-9021	$67,310	37,620
Health Information Technologists, Medical Registrars, Surgical Assistants, and Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	29-9098	—	—
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	29-2099	$48,790	174,060
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	29-1299	$113,730	30,870
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	29-9099	$64,030	36,970
Hearing Aid Specialists	29-2092	$61,560	10,580
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	29-2061	$62,340	632,430
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	29-2035	$88,180	41,530
Medical Dosimetrists	29-2036	$138,110	3,970
Medical Dosimetrists, Medical Records Specialists, and Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	29-2098	—	—
Medical Records Specialists	29-2072	$50,250	187,910
Neurologists	29-1217	—	7,700
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	29-2033	$97,020	16,960
Nurse Anesthetists	29-1151	$223,210	50,350
Nurse Midwives	29-1161	$128,790	8,280
Nurse Practitioners	29-1171	$129,210	307,390
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	29-1218	—	19,900
Occupational Therapists	29-1122	$98,340	152,280
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	29-2057	$44,080	76,520
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	29-1241	—	12,110
Opticians, Dispensing	29-2081	$46,560	79,690
Optometrists	29-1041	$134,830	41,890
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	29-1022	—	5,330
Orthodontists	29-1023	—	5,150
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	29-1242	—	14,160
Orthotists and Prosthetists	29-2091	$78,310	9,930
Paramedics	29-2043	$58,410	99,530
Pediatric Surgeons	29-1243	—	1,050
Pediatricians, General	29-1221	$210,130	42,960
Pharmacists	29-1051	$137,480	328,870
Pharmacy Technicians	29-2052	$43,460	487,920
Physical Therapists	29-1123	$101,020	248,630
Physician Assistants	29-1071	$133,260	155,540
Physicians, All Other	29-1229	—	315,360
Physicians, All Other; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	29-1228	—	—
Physicians, Pathologists	29-1222	—	11,800
Podiatrists	29-1081	$152,800	9,520
Prosthodontists	29-1024	—	760
Psychiatric Technicians	29-2053	$42,590	136,300
Psychiatrists	29-1223	—	24,800
Radiation Therapists	29-1124	$101,990	18,700
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	29-2034	$77,660	223,460
Radiologists	29-1224	—	26,290
Recreational Therapists	29-1125	$60,280	15,060
Registered Nurses	29-1141	$93,600	3,282,010
Respiratory Therapists	29-1126	$80,450	136,420
Speech-Language Pathologists	29-1127	$95,410	178,790
Surgeons, All Other	29-1249	—	24,080
Surgeons, Except Ophthalmologists	29-1248	—	—
Surgical Assistants	29-9093	$60,290	22,860
Surgical Technologists	29-2055	$62,830	113,890
Therapists, All Other	29-1129	$65,010	19,320
Veterinarians	29-1131	$125,510	80,630
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	29-2056	$45,980	131,320