Health
Complementary medicine practitioner
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +11.3% (BLS).
The job
Traditional and complementary medicine professionals (ISCO 2230). Traditional and complementary medicine professionals examine patients, prevent and treat illness, disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments and maintain general health in humans by applying knowledge, skills and practices acquired through extensive study of the theories, beliefs and experiences, originating in specific cultures.
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48 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- acupuncture practitioner
- acupuncture specialist
- acupuncture therapist
- acupuncturist
- advanced acupuncturist
- alternative medicine practitioner
- alternative medicine therapist
- alternative therapist
- ayurveda practitioner
- chinese medicine therapist
- complementary medicine practitioner
- complementary practitioner
- complementary therapist
- complementary therapy practitioner
- expert acupuncturist
- expert homeopath
- expert in acupuncture
- holistic therapist
- homeopath
- homeopathic practitioner
- homeopathic therapist
- homeopathy practitioner
- homeopathy technician
- natural health practitioner
- natural medicine therapist
- naturopath
- naturopathic practitioner
- practitioner in complementary medicine
- practitioner in complementary therapy
- practitioner of acupuncture
- practitioner of homeopathy
- practitioner of traditional chinese medicine
- specialist homeopath
- specialist in acupuncture
- specialist in traditional chinese medicine
- sustainable health practitioner
- TCM practitioner
- TCM specialist
- TCM therapist
- technician in homeopathy
- therapist in complementary medicine
- therapist in homeopathy
- therapist in TCM
- therapist in traditional chinese medicine
- traditional chinese medicine practitioner
- traditional chinese medicine therapist
- traditional practitioner of natural health
- traditional therapist
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.