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Nutritionist Salary, Sports Nutritionist Salaries
By an allied health world contributing writer
Published: March 12th, 2010
In the same year, though, the American Dietetic Association ranked salaries in all 50 states for dietitians, ranging from $83,000 a 
year in Alaska to $39,000 in Alabama and $35,000 in West Virginia. Maybe it’s just coincidence, but the 2008 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s ranking of fattest states in America put Alabama and West Virginia as 2nd and 3rd fattest places to live. Colorado, where dietitians earned a comfortable $62,000 a year, was the thinnest state and Connecticut, 3rd thinnest state, paid its dietitians an average of $75,000, very near the top of the range for all states. Alaska, by the way, ranked 18th fattest. Salaries in Alaska are often higher than in the continental U.S. because of the higher cost of living.
Payscale.com reports in 2010 that dietitians or nutritionists who are new to the field can expect to earn between $35,000 to $45,000, but those dietitians or nutritionists with twenty or more years of experience can earn annual salaries beyond the six-figure range. While registered dietitians can expect to earn an average of $46,000, a director of food and nutrition services can command more than $52,000 a year.
Indeed.com cites a nutritionist salary as being 10% lower than the average of their other job postings, at an average of $58,000. Other listings on indeed.com include food administrator, earning $56,000 a year, wellness health coach earning $53,000 a year, weight loss consultant earning $20,000 a year, a public health nutritionist at $39,000 a year, a senior public health nutritionist earning an annual salary of $45,000 and a dairy nutritionist earning a salary of $68,000. A diabetes educator was listed earning $73,000 a year and a dining services coordinator earned $33,000 a year. Nutritionist salaries, like many jobs, generally goes up with higher levels of education and more years of experience. Private industry is likely to pay more than government or non-profit work, although plenty of nutrition-related jobs are to be found in both places.
Salary.com puts the median salary for a nutrition director at $68.823. The range for salaries is between $62,495 and $77,472. The average salary for a diet technician is about $32,000, with some making just over $43,000, depending on location. Diet clerks, who tally nutrition information in foods, earned an average of $19,000, with the range being between $17,000 and $22,500. Clinical nutrition management jobs at the Veterans Health Administration were paying between $65,315 and $84,913, while public health nutritionist jobs at an Indian health service ranged from $45,040 to $70,843.
CBSalary.com puts the average salary for a research nutritionist at $50,199, within a range of $41,454 and $79,287.