Occupation · SOC 29-1031
Dietitians and Nutritionists Salary
Dietitians and Nutritionists earn a median of $76,400 a year in the United States, which is $36.73 an hour. The mean is $77,130, and 77,570 people are employed in the occupation.
Also searched as NutritionistDietitian
The full pay range
A single average hides most of what a reader wants to know. BLS publishes the whole distribution, so here it is: each row is the annual salary at that point in the pay range for dietitians and nutritionists.
Annual salary by percentile May 2025
| Percentile | Annual salary | Typically |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $49,090 | entry level, or a lower-paying region |
| 25th percentile | $63,080 | early career |
| Median (50th) | $76,400 | half earn more, half earn less |
| 75th percentile | $89,340 | experienced |
| 90th percentile | $103,720 | top of the field |
Common questions
How much do dietitians and nutritionists make?
The median salary for dietitians and nutritionists in the United States is $76,400 a year, which is $36.73 an hour. The mean is $77,130. Median and mean differ because a small number of very high earners pull the mean upward, so the median is the better answer to what the job typically pays.
What is the highest salary for a dietitians and nutritionist?
The highest-paid 10 percent of dietitians and nutritionists earn $103,720 or more. That is the highest figure the survey publishes for this occupation; there is no reported maximum, and individual earnings above it are not broken out.
How many people work as dietitians and nutritionists in the US?
77,570, as of the May 2025 release. That covers wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments and excludes the self-employed, who are not surveyed.
How much do dietitians and nutritionists make a month?
About $6,367 a month before tax, which is the published annual median of $76,400 divided by twelve. BLS publishes annual and hourly wages rather than monthly, so treat this as arithmetic on the annual figure, not a separate measurement.
Do dietitians and nutritionists make $100,000 a year?
Some do. The best-paid 10 percent earn $103,720 or more, while the typical figure is $76,400. Six figures in this occupation is the top of the field, not the middle.
How much does a Nutritionist make?
Nutritionist is a common name for dietitians and nutritionists, classified by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics under SOC code 29-1031. The median salary is $76,400 a year, or $36.73 an hour. The same job is also called Dietitian.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure above is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release, for SOC code 29-1031. Nothing here is interpolated or averaged by this site. The survey covers wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments and excludes the self-employed. See how to read these figures for what that means in practice.