Healthcare Practitioners
Acupuncturists
SOC 29-1291
Use traditional acupuncture and related techniques to treat pain and illness.
The job
Median pay
$76k
$55k to $102k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+8.6% projected
Openings a year
800
BLS projection
Typical education
Master's plus license
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
29/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
51st pct
More exposed than 51% of occupations · modeled estimate · 14th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
66/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
- Writing
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,520 | 0.1 | 2.8× | $76k |
| New York | 1,160 | 0.1 | 2.4× | $86k |
| Florida | 900 | 0.1 | 1.8× | $70k |
| Texas | 639 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $67k~ |
| Oregon | 360 | 0.2 | 3.6× | $65k |
| Pennsylvania | 349 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $72k~ |
| Ohio | 326 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $71k~ |
| North Carolina | 320 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $77k |
| Illinois | 302 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $75k~ |
| New Jersey | 240 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $125k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 235 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $65k~ |
| Minnesota | 210 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $70k |
| Massachusetts | 200 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $93k~ |
| Virginia | 184 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $77k~ |
| Tennessee | 174 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $141k~ |
| Wisconsin | 170 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $85k |
| Missouri | 166 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $89k~ |
| Washington | 153 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $83k~ |
| Georgia | 140 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $74k |
| Maryland | 137 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $102k~ |
| Colorado | 123 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $57k~ |
| Louisiana | 118 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $65k~ |
| Alabama | 116 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $59k~ |
| South Carolina | 116 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $70k~ |
| Connecticut | 95 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $88k~ |
| Oklahoma | 91 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $69k~ |
| Kansas | 78 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $69k~ |
| Arkansas | 73 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $66k~ |
| Iowa | 73 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $68k~ |
| Arizona | 70 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $85k |
| Utah | 70 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $59k~ |
| Mississippi | 69 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $59k~ |
| Nevada | 61 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $84k~ |
| Kentucky | 60 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $85k |
| Nebraska | 55 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $72k~ |
| West Virginia | 51 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $67k~ |
| Idaho | 41 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $74k~ |
| New Mexico | 41 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $76k~ |
| Maine | 36 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $83k~ |
| New Hampshire | 36 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $77k~ |
| Indiana | 30 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $120k |
| Delaware | 29 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $85k~ |
| Hawaii | 29 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $65k~ |
| South Dakota | 28 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $68k~ |
| Rhode Island | 27 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $85k~ |
| Montana | 26 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $72k~ |
| Washington DC | 24 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $88k~ |
| North Dakota | 24 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $70k~ |
| Alaska | 17 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $93k~ |
| Vermont | 17 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $77k~ |
| Wyoming | 12 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $73k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,210 jobs · $101k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA450 jobs · $63k median
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL380 jobs · $55k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA300 jobs · $64k median
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA270 jobs · $67k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV160 jobs · $101k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI140 jobs · $75k median
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC90 jobs · $90k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Acupuncturists interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.