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Naturopathic Physicians — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$115,210

United States, 2025

Employment

28,630

United States, 2025

Typical education

Doctoral Degree

Job Zone 5

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

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.

O*NET code
29-1299.01
Job zone
5
Experience required
None

Typical tasks

  • Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies.
  • 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.
  • Diagnose health conditions, based on patients' symptoms and health histories, laboratory and diagnostic radiology test results, or other physiological measurements, such as electrocardiograms and electroencephalographs.

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Salary analysis — United States

$65,210
10th
$83,780
25th
$115,210
Median
$161,470
75th
$195,190
90th

10th percentile

$65,210

25th percentile

$83,780

75th percentile

$161,470

90th percentile

$195,190

Most important skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.3
  • Critical Thinking4.1
  • Active Listening4.1
  • Speaking4.1
  • Social Perceptiveness4.0
  • Writing4.0
  • Judgment and Decision Making4.0
  • Service Orientation3.9
  • Complex Problem Solving3.9
  • Active Learning3.8
  • Monitoring3.4
  • Learning Strategies3.4

What skills do you need?

Select the skills you already have

Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 19 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

19

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension4.35.0Not selected5.0
Active Listening4.14.5Not selected4.5
Social Perceptiveness4.04.6Not selected4.6
Judgment and Decision Making4.04.3Not selected4.3
Critical Thinking4.14.1Not selected4.1
Speaking4.14.1Not selected4.1
Writing4.04.0Not selected4.0
Service Orientation3.94.0Not selected4.0
Complex Problem Solving3.94.0Not selected4.0
Active Learning3.83.9Not selected3.9
Monitoring3.44.0Not selected4.0
Learning Strategies3.43.8Not selected3.8
Persuasion3.13.8Not selected3.8
Coordination3.13.5Not selected3.5
Time Management3.13.1Not selected3.1
Instructing3.13.1Not selected3.1
Science3.13.1Not selected3.1
Systems Analysis3.13.1Not selected3.1
Management of Personnel Resources3.03.0Not selected3.0

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Fresno, CA$209,100702025
Washington, DC$166,2305,9702025
MD$164,6705,8402025
Hartford, CT$154,5401502025
DC$151,9904902025
Raleigh, NC$147,3701102025
New York, NY$140,7306502025
Salem, OR$140,670302025
San Jose, CA$139,5701902025
San Francisco, CA$136,6403202025
Atlanta, GA$133,0602,5302025
Baltimore, MD$128,6105402025
NY$127,3607502025
GA$126,3003,1302025
CA$125,5501,6002025
Fort Collins, CO$125,320502025
Bridgeport, CT$124,750602025
Durham, NC$123,2802902025
MT$122,9301102025
Salt Lake City, UT$122,9302302025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.