Pays $70k-$75k$10k below the Dietitian market median of ~$85k (10 jobs)

Registered Dietitian

DietitianFull-Time
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About the Role

Registered Dietitian for K-12 school nutrition programs. Develop USDA-compliant menus, ensure compliance, support special diets. New Braunfels, TX.

Join Southwest Foodservice Excellence, LLC as a Registered Dietitian – K-12 School Nutrition in New Braunfels, Texas.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: $70K - $75K

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Southwest Foodservice Excellence, LLC as a Registered Dietitian – K-12 School Nutrition.

Key Responsibilities

The Registered Dietitian will develop USDA-compliant menus and ensure all meal programs meet state and local regulations. They will also provide nutrition education, manage dietary accommodations, and conduct site audits to ensure operational excellence.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition or Dietetics and possess an active Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential. The role requires the ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned school district.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Menu planningUSDA complianceNutritional documentationFood safetyDietary accommodationsNutrition educationMenu analysis softwareProduction recordsAuditingRegulatory complianceRecipe managementStaff training

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 18% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$75k (30 salary observations; 196 listings), vs ~$79k nationally (1,280 salary observations; 3,231 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$73k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$73k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Position Insights

AI ANALYSIS

This role scores 3.0/10 on work-life balance for Dietitian roles.

Career trajectory: This position offers advancement within 2-3 years. The compensation analysis shows this employer pays...

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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About Southwest Foodservice Excellence

Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Scottsdale, AZ
501-1,000 employees