Median pay for Chiropractors is only $66k?!

[JEDI]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-professions-with-the-best-job-security-2015-03-20?page=11

they are also #1 profession with the best job security.

1. Chiropractors
Unemployment rate, 2014: 0.1%
Median annual pay, 2012: $66,160
Employment change, 2012-2022: 14.6%

 

[IronWing]

I though they worked for duck weed.

 

[dainthomas]

Because their "treatment" only temporarily fixes anything so you're forced to keep going back.

But that seems kinda low.

 

[Todd33]

I hear faith healers and snake oil salesmen make less.

 

[Anubis]

not bad for a masseuse

 

[feralkid]

not bad for a masseuse

Some of them are men.

 

[jlee]

Because their "treatment" only temporarily fixes anything so you're forced to keep going back.

But that seems kinda low.

You must go to shitty chiropractors.

 

[IronWing]

Some of them are men.

 

[TheGardener]

Seems like appropriate pay for fake doctors.

 

[darkswordsman17]

You must go to shitty chiropractors.

Considering the ones that claim they can cure ADHD and a whole host of other stuff (IIRC they have a magic chair with LEDs that will help with bunch of ailments), there's tons of shitty chiros. Hell our resident one can't even tell the difference between professional football players and cheerleaders apparently, among many other things.

 

[Rakehellion]

"Only" 66k? They aren't doctors.

 

[Rakehellion]

You must go to shitty chiropractors.

Yeah, must not be board certified.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That does indeed seem low. I actually make more (70-80k) for just sitting around making sure stuff does not break. If I screw up, a whole city might be without communication service, if they screw up, someone is paralysed. I feel they should be making at least 90k if more.

My job can get completely insane during storms or other major events though, that's when we really earn our pay.

 

[angminas]

You must go to shitty chiropractors.

Agreed. And there certainly are shitty chiropractors, as well as mediocre ones. But to act like there are no good ones is stupid.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Agreed. And there certainly are shitty chiropractors, as well as mediocre ones. But to act like there are no good ones is stupid.

The worlds best psychic is still just a psychic.

 

[TheGardener]

The worlds best psychic is still just a psychic.

Next you'll be saying that Astrology is not a real science!

 

[TechBoyJK]

Because their "treatment" only temporarily fixes anything so you're forced to keep going back.

But that seems kinda low.

You seem to have a misunderstanding of how chiropractic treatment works. Unless you want to wear a cast around your torso or around your neck, chiropractic and physical therapy is often the only way you can fix things without surgery.

 

[NoTine42]

Doesn't shock me.
Good, established chiro's are generally busy. But I think Chiro schools are churning out more degrees than the current need, so a lot of new Dr's can struggle.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Hell our resident one can't even tell the difference between professional football players and cheerleaders apparently, among many other things.

I think I missed this thread. :hmm:

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Doesn't shock me one bit... It's not like you need a doctorate to be a chiropractor right?

It's really a joke of a profession.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Doesn't shock me one bit... It's not like you need a doctorate to be a chiropractor right?

It's really a joke of a profession.

Yet every professional sports, Olympic and college athletic sports team utilize chiropractors. The one I see has a doctorate in sports medicine and is the chiropractor for Northeastern University athletics. And he has been the chiropractor for the US Olympic women gymnastics team and Jamaican Track team.

 

[xgsound]

My Chiropractor's Sunday car cost more than that!

Jim

 

[AgentUnknown]

You own your own office. So that's great job security.

 

[MongGrel]

Never have been to a Chiropractor myself, although I have had surgery done on my leg and shoulder in the past and went to Surgeons/Physical Therapists that were associated with the Rays/Buccs.

The only Chiropractor I knew personally really was one that a former bosses daughter raged about, that I never went to.

Until he screwed her neck up badly and she sued him, more or less.

She was in good shape too, had taken ballet most of her life and almost made the Cheer Leading squad at University of Florida when she was there.

She kind of changed her views after that one.

 

[purbeast0]

Considering the ones that claim they can cure ADHD and a whole host of other stuff (IIRC they have a magic chair with LEDs that will help with bunch of ailments), there's tons of shitty chiros. Hell our resident one can't even tell the difference between professional football players and cheerleaders apparently, among many other things.

he also thinks rg3 is better than andrew luck. so there is also that.