allied · SOC 29-2051

Dietetic Technicians

National median $37,640 / yr · 31,560 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

National median
$37,640
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
CO
Score 73 · Colorado
Top-paying metro
Portland
$60,070 median
Top WageBench Score
76
Columbus, OH
Top 10 destinations
Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.
Rank Area Annual Median Take-Home State Tax COL Index NLC WageBench Score
#1Columbus, OH$50,920$49,3923.0%76
#2Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48,040$48,0400.0%75
#3Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$48,210$46,0894.4%74
#4Colorado$47,810$45,7064.4%10373
#5Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$47,740$46,5472.5%72
#6Washington$47,000$47,0000.0%10772
#7Ohio$41,380$40,1393.0%9372
#8Arizona$45,970$44,8212.5%10171
#9Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$44,080$41,7445.3%71
#10Tucson, AZ$45,060$43,9342.5%71

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$29,720
P25
$33,880
MEDIAN
$37,640
P75
$45,750
P90
$54,020
Hourly mean
$20
Hourly median
$18
Annual mean
$40,630
Total US jobs
31,560

Every state & metro, ranked

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 190 scored areas total.

190 areas · page 1 of 8
Area StateMedian Take-Home State Tax COL Index NLC HPSA WageBench Score
Columbus, OHOH$50,920$49,3923.0%2376
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAWA$48,040$48,0400.0%2175
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COCO$48,210$46,0894.4%2274
ColoradoCO$47,810$45,7064.4%1032273
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZAZ$47,740$46,5472.5%2172
WashingtonWA$47,000$47,0000.0%1072172
OhioOH$41,380$40,1393.0%932372
ArizonaAZ$45,970$44,8212.5%1012171
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WIWI$44,080$41,7445.3%2171
Tucson, AZAZ$45,060$43,9342.5%2171
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAOR$60,070$55,2648.0%2171
North DakotaND$35,890$35,1722.0%892371
MissouriMO$36,100$34,4764.5%912470
Memphis, TN-MS-ARTN$41,490$41,4900.0%2370
OklahomaOK$38,840$37,0924.5%882170
Cincinnati, OH-KY-INOH$40,210$39,0043.0%2370
New MexicoNM$37,580$35,7394.9%922470
Kansas City, MO-KSMO$38,390$36,6624.5%2470
MontanaMT$40,040$37,9585.2%952270
WisconsinWI$38,750$36,6965.3%942169
South CarolinaSC$36,770$34,7485.5%942469
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLFL$35,050$35,0500.0%2469
IowaIA$35,220$33,8823.8%882169
MaineME$42,320$39,8655.8%971969
DelawareDE$41,280$39,1335.2%1002169
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Not published by BLS (6) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Alabama, Alaska, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Wyoming.
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