Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs staff physician

The differences between chiropractors, sole practitioner and staff 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 staff physician takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a staff physician has an average salary of $216,755, 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 staff physician are patients, surgery, and internal medicine.

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs staff physician overview

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Staff Physician
Yearly salary	$96,749	$216,755
Hourly rate	$46.51	$104.21
Growth rate	40%	7%
Number of jobs	23,120	107,732
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 50%	Doctoral Degree, 38%
Average age	43	48
Years of experience	2	4

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs staff physician salary

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

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Staff Physician
Average salary	$96,749	$216,755
Salary range	Between $54,000 And $170,000	Between $136,000 And $344,000
Highest paying City	-	Minneapolis, MN
Highest paying state	-	North Dakota
Best paying company	-	Scripps Health
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between chiropractor, sole practitioner and staff physician education

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

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Staff Physician
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 50%	Doctoral Degree, 38%
Most common major	Law	Medicine
Most common college	Stanford University	Duke University

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs staff physician demographics

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

	Chiropractor, Sole Practitioner	Staff Physician
Average age	43	48
Gender ratio	Male, 63.2% Female, 36.8%	Male, 57.8% Female, 42.2%
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, 9.6% Asian, 19.1% White, 61.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	12%	13%

Differences between chiropractor, sole practitioner and staff 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.

Staff physician example responsibilities.

Initiate new treatment protocols for managing complex patients with co-morbid psychiatric and medical illnesses.
Read x-ray & ekg till refer to specialist.
Serve as a junior house physician in the pediatrics and neonatology intensive care unit.
Assist and independently place hem dialysis catheter.
Initial medical evaluation and medical management of patients receiving medication assist therapy for chemical dependency.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service

Chiropractor, sole practitioner vs staff 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 staff physician skills

Patients, 28%
Surgery, 10%
Internal Medicine, 7%
Rehabilitation, 7%
Primary Care, 7%
Veterans, 5%

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