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Chiropractors pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and St. Cloud, MN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Chiropractors is $130,870 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $76,260 per year in St. Cloud, MN. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 71.6% above St. Cloud, MN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 60 in St. Cloud, MN. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings