Dietitian salary

Open dietitian jobs post a median of $39 an hour, with the middle half paying $35.50–$45.25: about $81,100 a year full time. Measured from 316 jobs at 134 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median /hr

May 2025

The jobs themselves: Dietitian jobs

What dietitians are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 316 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $21.50, the highest $80.

Posted on open jobs

$35.50–$45.25/hr

Middle half of 230 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $39. 27% of the 1,183 open dietitian jobs state an hourly rate. 64 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Dietitian pay by employer

What each employer posts for dietitians, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions	$50.75	$43.40–$62.05	15
CommonSpirit Health	$43.75	$24.27–$63.61	12
Kaiser Permanente	$50.50	$39.34–$70.27	10
AdventHealth	$38.25	$25.17–$55.55	9
UPMC	$35.75	$24.55–$46.26	9
Avera Health	$35	$26.75–$42	9
Providence	$44.25	$29.93–$67.12	8
Rochester Regional Health	$33.75	$29.50–$39	8
Sanford Health	$33.25	$21.50–$41.50	7
Atlantic Health	$48	$34.82–$61.26	6
MultiCare Health System	$38.25	$31.32–$64.18	6
ScionHealth	$37	$28.38–$48.73	6
Sutter Health	$64.50	$53.25–$78.27	5
Cedars-Sinai	$48.25	$31.08–$58.54	5
Select Medical	$36	$23–$45	5
Endeavor Health	$35.50	$28.47–$46.59	5
Trinity Health	$35.50	$27.35–$53.70	5
Loma Linda University Health	$43.25	$35.28–$51.89	4
RWJBarnabas Health	$41.25	$35.30–$50	4
Beth Israel Lahey Health	$38.50	$28.90–$51.34	4
Northwestern Medicine	$37.75	$29.94–$44.21	4
HealthPartners	$37	$28.70–$50.34	4
Mass General Brigham	$34.75	$25.15–$49.63	4
Northwell Health	$57.50	$45–$70	3
Stanford Medicine Children's Health	$52.50	$46.73–$59.30	3
PAM Health	$50	$45–$60	3
Seattle Children's	$48	$36.16–$59.67	3
Emanate Health	$42.75	$34.21–$62.37	3
Legacy Health	$42	$34.60–$49.48	3
PACS Group	$41.50	$31–$55	3
Boston Medical Center	$38	$33.36–$43.16	3
Valley Health (Virginia)	$36.75	$29.40–$44.10	3
Auburn Community Hospital	$35.50	$31–$40	3
Powers Health	$35.50	$27.72–$44.32	3
Carle Health	$34.75	$26.10–$43.59	3
InnovAge	$32.50	$28.85–$49.76	3
Benefis Health System	$30.50	$28.11–$31.71	3
Montage Health	$59.75	$47.73–$72.81	2
Stanford Health Care	$53	$43.77–$62.73	2
Shriners Children's	$51.25	$35.37–$68.16	2

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Dietitian pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

State	Median posted	Middle half	BLS median	Jobs
California	$48	$43.50–$54	$47.52 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	67
Washington	$44	$41–$49.75	$40.49 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	23
Texas	$42.25	$37–$47	$35.79 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	15
New Jersey	$42	$39.25–$44.25	$40.60 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	17
Florida	$40.50	$37.75–$45	$36.56 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	14
Colorado	$39.25	$36.25–$42.25	$36.30 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	9
Massachusetts	$38.50	$36–$40	$36.86 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	20
New York	$38.25	$34.50–$45	$39.66 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	32
Virginia	$38	$36.50–$42.50	$37.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	10
Illinois	$35.75	$32.25–$37.75	$35.35 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	22
Minnesota	$35.75	$33.50–$36.75	$37.28 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	9
South Dakota	$35	$33.75–$35.25	$31.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Dietitian jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

119 open jobs from 62 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $74,800, the middle half $68,500 to $82,000, from $33,000 to $123,697 posted.

Best-paid open dietitian jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
AW Holdings · Shelton and New Haven, CT· 3w ago
$65–$80/hr
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Benchmark Human Services-CT · Shelton and New Haven, CT· 3w ago
$65–$80/hr
Per Diem Dietitian-Clinical Nutrition-Mount Sinai Hospital/Days
Mount Sinai Health System · New York, NY· 2w ago
$70.00/hr
Dietitian III
Sutter Health · San Francisco, CA· 2w ago
$55.91–$78.27/hr
Registered Dietitian, Weight Management Program, Limited Term
Sutter Health · San Francisco, CA· 1mo ago
$55.91–$78.27/hr
Registered Dietitian I
Kaiser Permanente · Fresno and Sacramento, CA· 1mo ago
$63.23–$69.52/hr
Clinical Dietitian - Inpatient (Per diem)
Montage Health · Monterey, CA· 2mo ago
$54.42–$72.81/hr
Clin Registered Dietitian I - PD - Days - Nutrition Services @ MV
El Camino Health · Mountain View, CA· 1w ago
$54.06–$71.87/hr
Registered Clinical Dietitian - 13 Week Assignment $60/HR | Wausau Rehab
PAM Health · Wausau, WI· 5d ago
$60/hr
DIETITIAN 1 EX
UCSF Health · San Francisco, CA· 3w ago
$50.33–$67.85/hr
Dietitian II Per Diem
Kaiser Permanente · Los Angeles, CA· 3w ago
$55.39–$62.33/hr
Clinical Dietician - Part Time
Shriners Children's · Sacramento, CA· 1mo ago
$48.28–$68.16/hr

Every open job: Dietitian jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Dietitians and Nutritionists (29-1031)	$23.60 (source: BLS OEWS, Dietitians and Nutritionists, opens in a new tab)	$30.33 (source: BLS OEWS, Dietitians and Nutritionists, opens in a new tab)	$36.73 (source: BLS OEWS, Dietitians and Nutritionists, opens in a new tab)	$42.95 (source: BLS OEWS, Dietitians and Nutritionists, opens in a new tab)	$49.87 (source: BLS OEWS, Dietitians and Nutritionists, opens in a new tab)	77,570 (source: BLS OEWS, Dietitians and Nutritionists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($39) is $2.27 above the BLS median ($36.73 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Dietitians and Nutritionists, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Dietitian salary: common questions

How much does a dietitian make an hour?

Open dietitian jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $39, with the middle half between $35.50–$45.25 (316 jobs from 134 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $36.73/hr ($76,400 a year) for dietitians and nutritionists in May 2025.

How much does a dietitian make a year?

At the posted median of $39 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $81,100, and the middle half to $73,800 to $94,100. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 119 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $74,800.

Which states pay dietitians the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($48), Washington ($44) and Texas ($42.25). The lowest: South Dakota ($35), Minnesota ($35.75) and Illinois ($35.75). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay dietitians the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Sutter Health ($64.50), HealthTrust Workforce Solutions ($50.75) and Kaiser Permanente ($50.50). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 316 of 1,183 open dietitian jobs (27%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Dietitians and Nutritionists (SOC 29-1031), published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Dietitians and Nutritionists by state, published May 15, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Dietitians and Nutritionists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Dietitian salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/dietitian

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