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Dietitians & Nutritionists

SOC 29-1031

Advise individuals and organizations on diet, nutrition, and healthy eating.

The job
Median pay
$76k
$63k to $89k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+7.7% projected
Openings a year
6k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's plus RD
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
32/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
80th pct
More exposed than 80% of occupations · modeled estimate · 74th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
63/100

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Key skills

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.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California8,7200.51.0×$99k
New York5,3300.61.1×$82k
Texas5,3200.40.8×$74k
Florida4,3700.40.9×$76k
Pennsylvania4,2700.71.4×$67k
Ohio3,0600.61.1×$70k
New Jersey2,8700.71.3×$84k
Massachusetts2,8600.81.6×$77k
Illinois2,8400.50.9×$74k
North Carolina2,7800.61.1×$68k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Michigan2,3700.51.1×$67k
Georgia2,0200.40.8×$73k
Arizona1,8000.61.1×$64k
Missouri1,7000.61.2×$65k
Indiana1,6700.51.1×$66k
Colorado1,6400.61.1×$76k
Virginia1,5100.40.7×$77k
Washington1,4500.40.8×$84k
Maryland1,4300.51.0×$78k
Wisconsin1,3300.50.9×$75k
Oklahoma1,2300.71.4×$70k
Tennessee1,2300.40.8×$68k
Minnesota1,1800.40.8×$78k
Utah1,1200.61.3×$65k
Kentucky1,0400.51.0×$70k
South Carolina9500.40.8×$70k
Connecticut8600.51.0×$81k
Louisiana8000.40.8×$70k
Alabama7800.40.7×$66k
Oregon7000.40.7×$84k
Arkansas6500.51.0×$66k
Iowa6300.40.8×$73k
Kansas5800.40.8×$67k
Nebraska5700.61.1×$70k
Nevada5600.40.7×$69k
Mississippi5400.50.9×$64k
West Virginia5200.71.5×$89k
Maine5100.81.6×$65k
New Mexico5000.61.1×$75k
New Hampshire4400.61.3×$72k
Idaho4200.51.0×$72k
Hawaii3700.61.2×$82k
Rhode Island3600.71.4×$71k
Delaware2900.61.2×$78k
Washington DC2700.40.8×$82k
North Dakota2700.61.3×$70k
Montana2300.40.9×$72k
South Dakota2100.50.9×$65k
Vermont1600.51.1×$77k
Alaska1300.40.8×$88k
Wyoming1200.40.9×$64k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,490 jobs · $87k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,060 jobs · $95k median
  3. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,150 jobs · $75k median
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,030 jobs · $74k median
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,000 jobs · $78k median
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,340 jobs · $77k median
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,320 jobs · $78k median
  8. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ1,280 jobs · $64k median

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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.