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GAO-13-443R 1 (2013-03-14)

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        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


          March 14, 2013

          The Honorable Carl Levin
          Chairman
          The Honorable James N. Inhofe
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Armed Services
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Howard P. McKeon
          Chairman
          The Honorable Adam Smith
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Armed Services
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Defense Health Care: DOD Chiropractor Wage Rates

          In response to congressional direction in House Report 112-479,1 the enclosed
          briefing provides information on the wage rates of the Department of Defense's
          (DOD) federal civilian chiropractors compared with the wages of other federal civilian
          health care professionals within DOD with similar training and education. We
          provided this briefing to the staff from the Senate and House Committees on Armed
          Services on February 4, 2013 and January 29, 2013, respectively. We found that
          DOD employs 90 chiropractors at 62 military treatment facilities as of January 2013.
          Further, the mean salary of DOD's federal civilian chiropractors is similar to the
          mean salary of those serving in comparable DOD federal civilian health care
          occupations. Specifically, we found that the mean salaries of our selected health
          care professions ranged from approximately $77,000 to approximately $94,000 with
          the mean salary for chiropractors approximately 7 percent higher than the lowest
          mean salary and approximately 12 percent lower than the highest mean salary.
          Although these health care positions have similar education and training
          requirements, they have some different responsibilities.

          To identify the number and location of DOD chiropractors that provide care for active
          duty servicemembers, we interviewed DOD officials and requested and analyzed
          information about the number and location of DOD chiropractors. To determine
          wage rates for DOD federal civilian chiropractors and selected DOD federal civilian
          health care professionals, we analyzed salary and GS grade level data. We selected

          1 H.R. Rep. No. 112-479, at page 178 (2012).


GAO-1 3-443R DOD Chiropractor Wage Rates


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