Practitioners earned less than $ 5,000 , although 10.5 % or 2 out of 19 earned over $ 120,000 . A total of 30.8 % or 4 out of 13 Mind-Body Medicine practitioners earned between $ 20,000- $ 40,000 . Energetic Medicine and Mind-Body Medicine had smaller sample sizes ( 19 and 13 respectively ) than the other discipline categories which should be considered when interpreting findings .
Figure 3.2 Gross Income by Discipline Category *
* Forty respondents out of 1284 who answered the question about gross income nominated their primary discipline as ‘ Other ’. This category has not been represented in Figure 3.2 .
Years in Clinical Practice With all discipline areas combined , the highest percentage ( 31.3 %, 497 out of 1588 ) of respondents had been practising for more than 20 years ; 22.7 % ( 361 out of 1588 ) of practitioners had been in practice between 0-5 years , 14.4 % ( 229 out of 1588 ) between 6-10 years , 15.9 % ( 253 out of 1588 ) between 11-15 years and 15.6 % ( 248 out of 1588 ) had been in practice for 16-20 years . Figure 3.3 generally shows a peak in their early years of practice , then a slight decline between 6-20 years , followed by a rise in respondents who have stayed in their profession for over 20 years . However , years in practice for Registered Professionals increased steadily as time went on .
Work Setting A total of 24.6 % ( 472 out of 1568 ) of respondents reported working in more than one location . The survey asked respondents to best describe the work setting of their main practice . The majority ( 59.8 %, 940 out of 1571 ) of all respondents said they worked in solo private practice . A total of 13.8 % ( 216 out of 1571 ) said they practised in group private practice with other natural therapists and 10.7 % ( 168 out of 1571 ) worked in group private practice with allied health practitioners ( e . g . physiotherapist , chiropractor , osteopath
Figure 3.1 Gross Income of Respondents
Percentage
35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
<$ 5K
$ 5K- $ 10K
$ 10K- $ 20K
$ 20- $ 40K
$ 40K- $ 60K
$ 60- $ 80K
$ 80K- $ 100K
Physical Medicine Ingestive Medicine Energetic Medicine Registered Profession
Figure 3.2 Gross Income by Discipline Category *
Percentage
45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Mind-body Medicine
$ 100K- $ 120K
* Forty respondents out of 1284 who answered the question about gross income nominated their primary discipline as ‘ Other ’. This category has not been represented in Figure 3.2 .
>$ 120K
0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 More than 20 Years in Practice
Physical Medicine Ingestive Medicine Energetic Medicine Registered Profession
Mind-body Medicine
Figure 3.3 Years in Clinical Practice by Discipline Category *
* Forty-nine respondents out of 1441 who answered the question about years in clinical practice nominated their primary discipline as ‘ Other ’. This category has not been represented in Figure 3.3 .
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