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title: "Naturopathic Physician"
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# Naturopathic Physician

**Category:** Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · **SOC code:** 29-1299 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 29-1299.01

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases using a system of practice that is based on the natural healing capacity of individuals. May use physiological, psychological or mechanical methods. May also use natural medicines, prescription or legend drugs, foods, herbs, or other natural remedies.

Also advertised as: Doctor (Dr); Naturopathic Doctor; Naturopathic Endocrinologist; Naturopathic Medicine Doctor; Naturopathic Oncologist; Naturopathic Oncology Provider; Physician.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $115,210 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $55.39/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $65,210 to $195,190, with the middle half between $83,780 and $161,470
- **Total US employment:** 28,630
- **Typical entry education:** Master's
- **Preparation required:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +5.5% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 1,900 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 37/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 28,630 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $65,210 |
| 25th | $83,780 |
| 50th (median) | $115,210 |
| 75th | $161,470 |
| 90th | $195,190 |
| Mean (average) | $127,660 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MD | $164,670 | $156,890 | 5,840 |
| DC | $151,990 | $138,297 | 490 |
| NY | $127,360 | $118,012 | 750 |
| GA | $126,300 | $131,162 | 3,130 |
| CA | $125,550 | $113,394 | 1,600 |
| MT | $122,930 | $129,885 | 110 |
| CT | $119,970 | $115,790 | 410 |
| HI | $119,520 | $108,703 | 90 |
| UT | $119,430 | $120,802 | 310 |
| NC | $117,210 | $124,261 | 800 |
| MO | $112,260 | $123,611 | 420 |
| ME | $112,010 | $115,415 | 160 |
| AK | $110,220 | $107,680 | 70 |
| MA | $106,060 | $100,287 | 600 |
| TX | $105,370 | $108,565 | 1,250 |

29 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 44 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/naturopathic-physician/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/naturopathic-physician.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 39,600 in the 2025–2035 base year to 41,800 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 2,200 jobs, or +5.5%. Faster than average: 5.5% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 1,900 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Master's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Doctoral Degree | 96.0% |
| Post-Doctoral Training | 4.0% |

## What the work involves

- 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.
- 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.
- Administer treatments or therapies, such as homeopathy, hydrotherapy, Oriental or Ayurvedic medicine, electrotherapy, and diathermy, using physical agents including air, heat, cold, water, sound, or ultraviolet light to catalyze the body to heal itself.
- Consult with other health professionals to provide optimal patient care, referring patients to traditional health care professionals as necessary.
- Maintain professional development through activities such as postgraduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Analysis — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Medicine and Dentistry — importance 5.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Biology — importance 4.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Psychology — importance 4.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Therapy and Counseling — importance 4.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Problem Sensitivity — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Inductive Reasoning — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Investigative (I), Social (S), Realistic (R).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| I — Investigative | 5.89 |
| S — Social | 5.73 |
| R — Realistic | 4.53 |
| C — Conventional | 3.25 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.98 |
| A — Artistic | 1.81 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISFP | 62.0 |
| ISFJ | 60.1 |
| ISTP | 58.5 |
| ISTJ | 57.3 |
| INFJ | 54.5 |

Best-fitting types: ISFP, ISFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician) — median $256,560
- [Cardiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cardiologist) — median $496,010
- [Pediatric Surgeon](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-surgeon) — median $559,030
- [Chiropractor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chiropractor) — median $79,200
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general) — median $210,040
- [Obstetrician and Gynecologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/obstetrician-and-gynecologist) — median $292,910
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician) — median $244,180
- [Acupuncturist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/acupuncturist) — median $76,040
- [Dermatologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dermatologist) — median $328,730
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist) — median $265,930

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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