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 ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Columbus, OH | $50,920 | $49,392 | 3.0% | — | ✓ | 76 |
| #2 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $48,040 | $48,040 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 75 |
| #3 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $48,210 | $46,089 | 4.4% | — | ✓ | 74 |
| #4 | Colorado | $47,810 | $45,706 | 4.4% | 103 | ✓ | 73 |
| #5 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $47,740 | $46,547 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 72 |
| #6 | Washington | $47,000 | $47,000 | 0.0% | 107 | ✓ | 72 |
| #7 | Ohio | $41,380 | $40,139 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 72 |
| #8 | Arizona | $45,970 | $44,821 | 2.5% | 101 | ✓ | 71 |
| #9 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $44,080 | $41,744 | 5.3% | — | ✓ | 71 |
| #10 | Tucson, AZ | $45,060 | $43,934 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 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.
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| Area | State | Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | HPSA | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus, OH | OH | $50,920 | $49,392 | 3.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 76 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | WA | $48,040 | $48,040 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 21 | 75 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | CO | $48,210 | $46,089 | 4.4% | — | ✓ | 22 | 74 |
| Colorado | CO | $47,810 | $45,706 | 4.4% | 103 | ✓ | 22 | 73 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | AZ | $47,740 | $46,547 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 21 | 72 |
| Washington | WA | $47,000 | $47,000 | 0.0% | 107 | ✓ | 21 | 72 |
| Ohio | OH | $41,380 | $40,139 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 23 | 72 |
| Arizona | AZ | $45,970 | $44,821 | 2.5% | 101 | ✓ | 21 | 71 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | WI | $44,080 | $41,744 | 5.3% | — | ✓ | 21 | 71 |
| Tucson, AZ | AZ | $45,060 | $43,934 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 21 | 71 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | OR | $60,070 | $55,264 | 8.0% | — | — | 21 | 71 |
| North Dakota | ND | $35,890 | $35,172 | 2.0% | 89 | ✓ | 23 | 71 |
| Missouri | MO | $36,100 | $34,476 | 4.5% | 91 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | TN | $41,490 | $41,490 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 70 |
| Oklahoma | OK | $38,840 | $37,092 | 4.5% | 88 | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | OH | $40,210 | $39,004 | 3.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 70 |
| New Mexico | NM | $37,580 | $35,739 | 4.9% | 92 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | MO | $38,390 | $36,662 | 4.5% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Montana | MT | $40,040 | $37,958 | 5.2% | 95 | ✓ | 22 | 70 |
| Wisconsin | WI | $38,750 | $36,696 | 5.3% | 94 | ✓ | 21 | 69 |
| South Carolina | SC | $36,770 | $34,748 | 5.5% | 94 | ✓ | 24 | 69 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | FL | $35,050 | $35,050 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 69 |
| Iowa | IA | $35,220 | $33,882 | 3.8% | 88 | ✓ | 21 | 69 |
| Maine | ME | $42,320 | $39,865 | 5.8% | 97 | ✓ | 19 | 69 |
| Delaware | DE | $41,280 | $39,133 | 5.2% | 100 | ✓ | 21 | 69 |
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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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