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Chiropractors

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · SOC 29-1011

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$79,200
Median Annual Salary
Bright ↗
O*NET Outlook
1,800
Proj. Annual Openings
39,630
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+2.1%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 29-1011 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
0.0%
Low · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
63/100
High friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$79,200
H-1B offered wage $80,000; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
1,800
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +9.5%.
Observed/proxy demand
36
FY2025 certified LCAs; 5,361 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingWriting

Transition context

  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure5.4%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

34.9%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI45.5%
AI ability · AIOE59.1%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne2.7%

AI could do ~45.5% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Active Listening
2.Reading Comprehension
3.Speaking
4.Critical Thinking
5.Writing

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

341
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
36
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$80,000
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#249 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system. May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.

Common titles: Chiropractic Doctor (DC), Chiropractic Neurologist, Chiropractic Physician, Chiropractor

Representative Tasks

  • Evaluate the functioning of the neuromuscularskeletal system and the spine using systems of chiropractic diagnosis.
  • Diagnose health problems by reviewing patients' health and medical histories, questioning, observing, and examining patients and interpreting x-rays.
  • Perform a series of manual adjustments to the spine or other articulations of the body to correct the musculoskeletal system.
  • Obtain and record patients' medical histories.
  • Maintain accurate case histories of patients.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
  • Record patient medical histories.
  • Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
  • Diagnose medical conditions.
  • Gather medical information from patient histories.

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Excel · hotMicrosoft Outlook · hotAdvantage Software Chiropractic AdvantageBilling softwareChiroSoftEZClaim medical billing softwareInPhase Technologies Group InPhase ConceptSoftworx Solutions ChiroWriteVersatile Software Systems VersaSoft Chiro

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
2.6%
Avg AI Exposure
14
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 29-1011: 2019 — employment: 35,010, median wage: $70,340; 2020 — employment: 34,760, median wage: $70,720; 2021 — employment: 35,810, median wage: $75,000; 2022 — employment: 37,740, median wage: $75,380; 2023 — employment: 41,480, median wage: $76,530; 2025 — employment: 39,630, median wage: $79,200.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure0.0%5.4%
OutlookBright ↗62% Bright
Median Salary$79,200N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A