Acupuncturists: Salary, Job Description, How To Become One, and Quiz

Acupuncturists provide treatment of symptoms and disorders using needles and small electrical currents. May provide massage treatment. May also provide preventive treatments.

• Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment.
• Maintain and follow standard quality, safety, environmental and infection control policies and procedures.
• Adhere to local, state and federal laws, regulations and statutes.
• Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients’ anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments such as intradermal needles, moxibution, electricity, guasha, or bleeding.

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Acupuncturists with little to no experience tend to make between $40910 and $56180 while the more experienced ones can earn over $109610 per year.

One of the easiest ways to increase your salary as an Acupuncturist is to move to a higher paying state like MD. Right now, the highest paying states for Acupuncturists are MD, DC, GA, LA and NC.

However, a higher pay at MD doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the living expenses at MD might be twice as high than where you are currently at now.

Three other factors that can increase your salary as an Acupuncturist is the degree you hold, the industry you work in, and lastly the company you work for.

We asked other Acupuncturists what degree they had when they got the job and most of them said they had a Master’s Degree followed by a First Professional Degree.

Other than that, we also asked them what did they major in and here are the most popular majors that came up.

Here are some of the pros and cons of being an Acupuncturist.

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74% of Acupuncturists said they were satisfied with their job and 82% said they feel like their job is making other people’s lives better.

Caroline Purdy

Autonomic Acupuncture

As an acupuncturist, my days tend to vary. Most acupuncturists don’t work 5 days a week in their clinic, usually it’s 2 or 3. Personally, I work 2 days in a private clinic treating patients, and 2 days working at a major healthcare clinic that specializes in fertility and IVF. Private clinic When I am … Read More

You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suitable for this job tends to like working with, communicating with, and teaching people. They like helping or providing service to others..

They also like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery.