Acupuncturists
SOC 29-1291 · 2024-2034
Diagnose, treat, and prevent disorders by stimulating specific acupuncture points within the body using acupuncture needles. May also use cups, nutritional supplements, therapeutic massage, acupressure, and other alternative health therapies.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $77,644per year
- Projected openings
- 3,130
- Projected change
- +18.6%
- Usually needs
- Master's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Speaking
- Judgment and Decision Making
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $132,444 | 50 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $119,649 | 30 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $110,021 | 30 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $109,610 | 320 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $96,567 | 150 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $96,366 | 270 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $94,141 | 480 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $79,699 | 270 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $69,242 | 90 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | Not reported | 110 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | Not reported | 10 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | Not reported | 80 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | Not reported | 40 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other | $129,065 | 1,540 | +14.3% |
| Chiropractors | $77,583 | 2,630 | +25.6% |
| Emergency Medicine Physicians | Not reported | 1,730 | +10.9% |
| General Internal Medicine Physicians | $322,677 | 2,360 | +9% |
| Nurse Practitioners | $173,237 | 26,610 | +52.2% |
| Physicians, All Other | $289,473 | 9,800 | +9.5% |