Job description

Dietitians and Nutritionists plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.

• Monitor food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards.
• Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
• Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
• Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.

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Salary

Dietitians and Nutritionists with little to no experience tend to make between $38460 and $48880 while the more experienced ones can earn over $73740 per year.

One of the easiest ways to increase your salary as a Dietitian and Nutritionist is to move to a higher paying state like CA. Right now, the highest paying states for Dietitians and Nutritionists are CA, AK, CT, HI and NJ.

However, a higher pay at CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the living expenses at CA might be twice as high than where you are currently at now.

Three other factors that can increase your salary as a Dietitian and Nutritionist is the degree you hold, the industry you work in, and lastly the company you work for.

Requirements

We asked other Dietitians and Nutritionists what degree they had when they got the job and most of them said they had a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate followed by a Bachelor’s Degree.

Other than that, we also asked them what did they major in and here are the most popular majors that came up.

Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of being a Dietitian and Nutritionist.

What is the job like

74% of Dietitians and Nutritionists said they were satisfied with their job and 78% said they feel like their job is making other people’s lives better.

Is this right for me

You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suitable for this job tends to like working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. They like searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally..

They also like working with, communicating with, and teaching people. They like helping or providing service to others.

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