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Neurologists

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · SOC 29-1217

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$248,560
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
Proj. Annual Openings
10,590
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+10.4%/yr
Empl. growth (2021–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 29-1217 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
0.0%
Low · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
43/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$248,560
H-1B offered wage $299,998; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +5.4%.
Observed/proxy demand
406
FY2025 certified LCAs; 215 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingSocial Perceptiveness

Transition context

  • 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.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure5.4%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

42.1%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI45.7%
AI ability · AIOE80.5%

AI could do ~45.7% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Active Listening
2.Reading Comprehension
3.Speaking
4.Critical Thinking
5.Social Perceptiveness

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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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.

1,104
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
406
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$299,998
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#164 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus.

Common titles: Adult and Pediatric Neurologist, Adult Neurologist, General Neurologist, Neurologist, Pediatric Neurologist, Physician

Representative Tasks

  • Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
  • Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
  • Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
  • Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
  • Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
  • Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
  • Test patient nervous system functioning.
  • Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
  • Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.

Tools & Technologies

Epic Systems · hoteClinicalWorks EHR software · hotMicrosoft Excel · hotMicrosoft Office software · hotMicrosoft PowerPoint · hotBizmatics PrognoCIS EMREmail softwareNuesoft Technologies NueMD

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
2.6%
Avg AI Exposure
14
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 29-1217: 2021 — employment: 7,120, median wage: N/A; 2022 — employment: 11,340, median wage: $224,260; 2023 — employment: 9,350, median wage: N/A; 2025 — employment: 10,590, median wage: $248,560.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure0.0%5.4%
OutlookAverage62% Bright
Median Salary$248,560N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A