General Internal Medicine Physicians
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · SOC 29-1216
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 29-1216 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 8.4%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 47/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $256,560
- H-1B offered wage $240,178; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- —
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.3%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 1,257
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 1,368 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~45.7% of this role but only ~8.4% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults and adolescents, and are based primarily in an outpatient care setting.
Common titles: Doctor, Gastroenterologist, General Internal Medicine Physician, General Internist, Internal Medicine Doctor, Internal Medicine Physician (IM Physician)
Representative Tasks
- •Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
- •Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.
- •Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- •Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
- •Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- •Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
- •Administer non-intravenous medications.
- •Prescribe medications.
- •Prescribe treatments or therapies.
Tools & Technologies
Related Occupations
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 8.4% | 5.4% |
| Outlook | Average | 62% Bright |
| Median Salary | $256,560 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 92/100 | N/A |