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Chiropractors · SOC 29-1011

Chiropractors Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$95,990
Median hourly wage$46.15

Chiropractors in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $95,990 per year ($46.15 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $74,270 at the 10th percentile to $188,140 at the 90th. BLS estimates 190 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Chiropractors in the San Jose metro area earn more than $95,990 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $74,380 and $188,140.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$74,270$74,380$95,990$188,140$188,140
Hourly$35.71$35.76$46.15$90.45$90.45

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $95,990
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $75,470
  • United Statesnational
    $79,200

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +27% vs California overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$49,550$76,657$103,763$130,870Missoula, MT — $49,550San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $51,990Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $52,000Youngstown-Warren, OH — $52,890Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $53,450Ogden, UT — $53,490Springfield, IL — $56,580Ames, IA — $56,890Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $60,070Tyler, TX — $60,150Wichita, KS — $60,210Jefferson City, MO — $60,450Greeley, CO — $60,600York-Hanover, PA — $62,200Pittsburgh, PA — $62,230Wilmington, NC — $62,230Kansas City, MO-KS — $62,300Springfield, MO — $62,790Erie, PA — $62,990Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $63,280Columbia, MO — $63,450Colorado Springs, CO — $64,360Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,580Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $66,670St. Louis, MO-IL — $67,180San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $69,470Omaha, NE-IA — $69,870Birmingham, AL — $70,170Peoria, IL — $70,460Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $70,630Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $70,980Bloomington, IL — $71,120Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $71,220Reno, NV — $71,820Boulder, CO — $71,840Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $72,440Lancaster, PA — $72,560Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $72,800Urban Honolulu, HI — $72,800Savannah, GA — $72,970Reading, PA — $73,570Modesto, CA — $73,640Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $73,780Fort Wayne, IN — $73,880Columbia, SC — $74,090Ann Arbor, MI — $74,160Rockford, IL — $74,190South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $74,330Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $74,340Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $74,380Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $74,810San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $74,860Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $74,930Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $74,990Rochester, MN — $75,030Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $75,060Manchester-Nashua, NH — $75,510Evansville, IN — $75,580Billings, MT — $75,650Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $75,780Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $75,940Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $76,010Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $76,040Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $76,180St. Cloud, MN — $76,260Lafayette, LA — $76,580Akron, OH — $76,660Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $76,750Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $76,850Cleveland, OH — $76,870El Paso, TX — $77,020Cedar Rapids, IA — $77,460Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $77,560Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $77,620Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $77,950Iowa City, IA — $77,970Bismarck, ND — $77,990Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $78,000Rapid City, SD — $78,120Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $78,190Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $78,620Worcester, MA — $78,730Coeur d'Alene, ID — $79,130Roanoke, VA — $79,130Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $79,300Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,450Fargo, ND-MN — $79,650Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $79,900Lubbock, TX — $79,910Amarillo, TX — $79,990Winston-Salem, NC — $79,990Columbus, OH — $80,090Tallahassee, FL — $80,120Chattanooga, TN-GA — $80,210Baton Rouge, LA — $80,350Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $80,430Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $80,560Kennewick-Richland, WA — $80,600Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $80,860Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $80,870San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $81,010Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $81,060Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $81,190Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $81,220Lexington-Fayette, KY — $81,350Ocala, FL — $81,650Richmond, VA — $81,760Bend, OR — $81,790Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $82,240Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $82,380Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $82,430Rochester, NY — $82,510Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $82,690Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $83,000Madison, WI — $83,020Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $83,080San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $83,440Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $83,470La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $83,510Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $83,840Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $84,100Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $84,110Albuquerque, NM — $84,270Corpus Christi, TX — $84,380Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $85,020Lincoln, NE — $85,220Tulsa, OK — $86,110Eau Claire, WI — $88,160Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $88,730Boise City, ID — $89,430Tucson, AZ — $89,440Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $90,460New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $91,410Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $91,540Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $91,840North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $91,980Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $92,530Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $92,940Stockton-Lodi, CA — $93,530Gainesville, FL — $94,460Yakima, WA — $94,620San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $95,990Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $96,150Mobile, AL — $96,790Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $96,820Jackson, MS — $96,920Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $96,940Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $97,300Eugene-Springfield, OR — $97,390Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $97,580Naples-Marco Island, FL — $97,740Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $97,800Canton-Massillon, OH — $98,380Kenosha, WI — $98,450Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $98,630Portland-South Portland, ME — $99,210Jacksonville, FL — $99,280Salem, OR — $99,360Springfield, MA — $100,130Medford, OR — $100,170Greensboro-High Point, NC — $100,310Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $100,400Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $100,410Toledo, OH — $100,540Asheville, NC — $100,850Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $100,900Appleton, WI — $101,410Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $102,110Huntsville, AL — $102,560Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $103,090Oklahoma City, OK — $103,490Raleigh-Cary, NC — $104,330Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $105,290Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $113,560Green Bay, WI — $115,380Anchorage, AK — $118,080Sheboygan, WI — $120,440New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $130,870

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 37th-highest published median for this occupation among the 178 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for chiropractors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $95,990
  • Sacramento metro area
    $103,090
  • Stockton metro area
    $93,530
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $83,440
  • Riverside metro area
    $80,560
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $74,930
  • San Francisco metro area
    $74,860

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$216,740Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$95,320Physicians, All Other$98,870Pharmacists$199,040Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$84,870Pharmacy Technicians$75,490

Highest-paying metro areas for chiropractorss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.