Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs family physician

The differences between chiropractors, sole practitioner and family physicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a chiropractor, sole practitioner, becoming a family physician takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a family physician has an average salary of $215,471, which is higher than the $96,749 average annual salary of a chiropractor, sole practitioner.

The top three skills for a chiropractor, sole practitioner include litigation, real estate transactions and probate. The most important skills for a family physician are patients, family medicine, and primary care.

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs family physician overview

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Family Physician
Yearly salary	$96,749	$215,471
Hourly rate	$46.51	$103.59
Growth rate	40%	7%
Number of jobs	23,120	47,352
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 50%	Doctoral Degree, 36%
Average age	43	48
Years of experience	2	4

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs family physician salary

Chiropractors, sole practitioner and family physicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Family Physician
Average salary	$96,749	$215,471
Salary range	Between $54,000 And $170,000	Between $135,000 And $342,000
Highest paying City	-	Mount Vernon, WA
Highest paying state	-	Vermont
Best paying company	-	Oregon Medical Group
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between chiropractor, sole practitioner and family physician education

There are a few differences between a chiropractor, sole practitioner and a family physician in terms of educational background:

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Family Physician
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 50%	Doctoral Degree, 36%
Most common major	Law	Medicine
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Virginia

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs family physician demographics

Here are the differences between chiropractors, sole practitioner' and family physicians' demographics:

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Family Physician
Average age	43	48
Gender ratio	Male, 63.2% Female, 36.8%	Male, 42.2% Female, 57.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.7% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% Asian, 6.3% White, 77.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 5.2% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% Asian, 19.1% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	12%	13%

Differences between chiropractor, sole practitioner and family physician duties and responsibilities

Chiropractor, sole practitioner example responsibilities.

Participate in arbitration and mediation efforts.
Provide consultation and advice to agency regarding human resource matters and assist with civil service appeals.
Litigate cases involving complex federal governmental statutory benefits programs such as ERISA and Medicare.

Family physician example responsibilities.

Manage complicated and often difficult to control chronic medical conditions in patients with limit resources.
Examine patients, using medical instruments and equipment; elicit and record information about patient's medical history.
Perform hematology, chemistry and immunology screen test to provide immediate results for diagnosis.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Case, endotracheal intubation and artificial mechanical ventilation to which it require, bladder catheterizations rectal and nasogastric.

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs family physician skills

Common chiropractor, sole practitioner skills

Litigation, 18%
Real Estate Transactions, 9%
Probate, 5%
Bench Trials, 5%
Financial Statements, 4%
Estate Planning, 3%

Common family physician skills

Patients, 28%
Family Medicine, 26%
Primary Care, 15%
Urgent Care, 8%
EMR, 7%
Internal Medicine, 3%

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