Dietitian salary
What a dietitian actually earns, from 178 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see dietitian pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A dietitian earns a blended US median near 79,769 dollars, with the typical middle running from 68,273 dollars to 93,107 dollars. The official OEWS median is 73,850 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 21 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 2% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is nurse practitioner, at 39 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open dietitian roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Registered Dietitian (California) – GI disorders at SideBy CareUnited States · Remote1d agoApply
REMOTE PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT DIETITIAN (Houston, TX, US, 75001) at Compass Group USAUnited States · Remote1d agoApply- Ernährungsberater/-in 30 - 50 % at Rehaklinik St.GallenSt. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition) at Veterans Health AdministrationSioux Falls, South Dakota$106k–$138k2d agoApply
- Ernährungsberater/in BSc at Clienia Schlössli AGOetwil am See, Zürich, Switzerland2d agoApply
- VCS Assistant Canteen Chief/ Registered Dietitian-Lake Nona FL at Veterans Health AdministrationOrlando, Florida$90k2d agoApply
By country
- United States$68,273$79,769$93,107
- United Kingdom$59,595$70,974$82,298
- Canada$56,302$69,962$75,631
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'000/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 22 Spezialisten in Gesundheitsberufen: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 96'000 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$93,640
- Washington$81,050
- Massachusetts$80,840
- Maryland$78,410
- Michigan$72,550
- Florida$71,890
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a dietitian profile already covers.
- 600 open physician roles$268,000 median · +$188,231 · 29% readiness
- 118 open pharmacist roles$153,453 median · +$73,684 · 45% readiness
- 600 open nurse practitioner roles$136,275 median · +$56,506 · 39% readiness
- 152 open psychologist roles$119,550 median · +$39,781 · 23% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a dietitian.
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Quick answers
How much does a dietitian make?
The blended US median is about 79,769 dollars, with a typical range from 68,273 dollars to 93,107 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 73,850 dollars.
Is dietitian a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 2% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a dietitian move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is nurse practitioner, at 39 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 29-1031. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Dietitians and nutritionists.” Live corpus 178 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.