Dietitian salary: median $83,500 a year
Dietitian listings that state pay run from $74,000 to $87,000 for the middle half, based on 53 current job listings. 53 dietitian roles are open now.
Dietitian pay range
From 53 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.
- Lower quarter
- $74,000
- Median
- $83,500
- Upper quarter
- $87,000
Do AI skills change dietitian pay?
For Clinical roles in general, as of November 9, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for dietitian alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.
Among Clinical listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $165,000, against $139,000 for those that never mention AI (+18.8%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.
- Listings that ask for an AI skill
- $165,000
- median, from 46 paid listings
- Listings that never mention AI
- $139,000
- median, from 621 paid listings
Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.
See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings
More pay data: Clinical pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.
Open dietitian jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Scottsdale, Arizona
$53k–$102k · Nov 6, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Loma Linda, California
$63k–$121k · Nov 6, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical)-Corona CBOC (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Corona, California
$63k–$121k · Nov 6, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical)-Rancho Cucamonga CBOC (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Rancho Cucamonga, California
$63k–$121k · Nov 6, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Brockton, Massachusetts
$57k–$110k · Nov 6, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Lakeland, Florida; Riverview, Florida; Tampa, Florida
$50k–$97k · Nov 6, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Martinsburg, West Virginia
$58k–$111k · Nov 5, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Miami, Florida
$54k–$103k · Nov 5, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-11)
Veterans Health Administration · San Francisco, California
$111k–$144k · Nov 5, 2026
- Dietitian (GS-11)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Fort Sill, Oklahoma
$75k–$97k · Nov 4, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) Home Based Primary Care (GS-11)
Veterans Health Administration · Williamsport, Pennsylvania
$75k–$97k · Nov 4, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$53k–$102k · Nov 3, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-11)
Veterans Health Administration · Charleston, West Virginia
$75k–$97k · Nov 2, 2026
- Dietitian (Clinical) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Leavenworth, Kansas
$51k–$99k · Oct 30, 2026
- Dietitian (Informatics) (GS-7/11)
Veterans Health Administration · Nashville, Tennessee
$50k–$97k · Oct 30, 2026
Showing the newest 15 of about 53 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs
Clinical jobs in the rankings
Rankings about clinical jobs
- Best cities for clinical jobs #1 New York (202 openings)
- Employers with the most clinical jobs #1 Veterans Health Administration (215 roles)
Dietitian salary questions
- How much does a dietitian make?
- Among 53 open dietitian listings that state pay, the median is $83,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $74,000 and $87,000.
- Where does this dietitian pay data come from?
- From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
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