Healthcare Practitioners
Naturopathic Doctors
SOC 29-1299
Practice primary care using natural therapies and lifestyle medicine.
The job
Median pay
$115k
$84k to $161k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+5.5% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
Doctoral (ND) plus license
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
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
69th pct
More exposed than 69% of occupations · modeled estimate · 46th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
66/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Active Learning
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 5,840 | 2.1 | 11.5× | $165k |
| Georgia | 3,130 | 0.6 | 3.5× | $126k |
| California | 1,600 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $126k |
| Texas | 1,250 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $105k |
| Illinois | 1,110 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $95k |
| Ohio | 880 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $102k |
| Pennsylvania | 870 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $103k |
| Florida | 850 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $99k |
| North Carolina | 800 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $117k |
| New York | 750 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $127k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 672 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $88k~ |
| Colorado | 650 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $102k |
| Arizona | 613 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $96k~ |
| Michigan | 610 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $92k |
| Massachusetts | 600 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $106k |
| Washington | 600 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $103k |
| Washington DC | 490 | 0.7 | 3.8× | $152k |
| New Jersey | 470 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $101k |
| Louisiana | 430 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $99k~ |
| South Carolina | 426 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $106k~ |
| Alabama | 423 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $90k~ |
| Missouri | 420 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $112k |
| Connecticut | 410 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $120k |
| Oregon | 360 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $96k |
| Utah | 310 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $119k |
| Tennessee | 300 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $91k |
| Iowa | 290 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $89k |
| Minnesota | 290 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $99k |
| Wisconsin | 290 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $104k |
| Indiana | 240 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $84k |
| Nevada | 240 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $86k |
| New Hampshire | 230 | 0.3 | 1.8× | $83k |
| Arkansas | 200 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $81k |
| Mississippi | 180 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $89k~ |
| West Virginia | 180 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $102k~ |
| Maine | 160 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $112k |
| Idaho | 150 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $112k~ |
| New Mexico | 140 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $95k |
| North Dakota | 140 | 0.3 | 1.8× | $101k |
| Oklahoma | 130 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $105k~ |
| Kentucky | 120 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $89k |
| Kansas | 110 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $87k |
| Montana | 110 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $123k |
| Delaware | 105 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $130k~ |
| Rhode Island | 98 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $81k~ |
| Hawaii | 90 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $120k |
| Nebraska | 90 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $86k |
| Alaska | 70 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $110k |
| Vermont | 70 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $84k |
| South Dakota | 60 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $84k |
| Wyoming | 40 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $101k |
Top metro areas
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV5,970 jobs · $166k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA2,530 jobs · $133k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN990 jobs · $95k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ650 jobs · $141k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH570 jobs · $107k median
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD540 jobs · $129k median
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO510 jobs · $96k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA400 jobs · $110k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Naturopathic Doctors 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.