Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other
All healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners not listed separately.
What it pays
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other earn a median of $55.39/hr — about $115,000 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $31.35/hr; the top 10% earn $93.84/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other earn a median of $55.39/hr — about $115,000 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $31.35/hr; the top 10% earn $93.84/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
What you'd actually do
- Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics.
- Educate patients about health care management.
- Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
- Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes.
- Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines, such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.
- Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories.
How you get there
Typical entry-level education: Master's degree. Overall preparation: extensive preparation (Job Zone 5 of 5).
The feel of the work
The work is mostly indoors; you're around people constantly. (Compared against the other 818 careers in the guide.)
Working for yourself
About 20.3% of healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other are self-employed.
Who it tends to fit
This work tends to fit people who are analytical, people-focused and hands-on.
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Quick questions
- How much does a healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other make?
- The median pay is $55.39 per hour — roughly $115,000 a year, with the real range running from about $31.35/hr (10th percentile) to $93.84/hr (90th percentile). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Do you need a degree to be a healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other?
- The typical entry-level education is: Master's degree. Overall preparation level: extensive preparation (Job Zone 5 of 5).
- What does a healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other actually do all day?
- Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics. Educate patients about health care management. Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
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