According to the most recent occupational employment data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as of May 2022, just over 37,700 chiropractors were employed in the United States.  About 3,600 of those employed as chiropractors lived in the four-state Southwestern U.S.  For chiropractors, pay levels in the Southwest were good in Texas, but weak elsewhere in the region.  In Texas, the mean and median annual wage levels for chiropractors exceeded the national averages.  However, about 35% of the region's chiropractors lived in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, all three of which had chiropractor mean and median wage levels that were at least 10% below the national average.  Further examination of BLS data from May 2022 reveals the following details about chiropractor pay in the Southwestern U.S.:

Chiropractor Pay in the Southwestern U.S.

State	# Employed	Mean Annual Wage	Median Annual Wage
AZ	660	$71,650	$63,800
NM	170	$72,500	$66,430
OK	430	$71,500	$47,850
TX	2,340	$88,000	$78,000
U.S.	37,740	$83,720	$75,380

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on September 10, 2023