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Pediatricians, General

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · SOC 29-1221

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$210,040
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
Proj. Annual Openings
39,390
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+4.8%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
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 29-1221 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
44/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$210,040
H-1B offered wage $210,000; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +0.8%.
Observed/proxy demand
536
FY2025 certified LCAs; 781 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

SpeakingCritical ThinkingJudgment and Decision MakingReading ComprehensionActive Listening

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.

46.2%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI48.3%
AI ability · AIOE90.4%

AI could do ~48.3% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Speaking
2.Critical Thinking
3.Judgment and Decision Making
4.Reading Comprehension
5.Active Listening

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.

4,294
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
536
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$210,000
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#85 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries in children. May refer patients to specialists for further diagnosis or treatment, as needed.

Common titles: Developmental Pediatrician, Emergency Room Pediatrician (ER Pediatrician), General Pediatrician, Group Practice Pediatrician, Medical Doctor (MD), Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Representative Tasks

  • Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
  • Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
  • Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.
  • Examine patients or order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
  • Advise patients, parents or guardians, and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
  • Administer non-intravenous medications.
  • Prescribe medications.
  • Prescribe treatments or therapies.
  • Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.

Tools & Technologies

Epic Systems · hoteClinicalWorks EHR software · hotMEDITECH software · hotMicrosoft Access · hotDrug reference softwareEmail softwareMedical information databasesPatient electronic medical record EMR softwareWeb browser software

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 29-1221: 2019 — employment: 29,740, median wage: $175,310; 2020 — employment: 27,550, median wage: $177,130; 2021 — employment: 33,620, median wage: $170,480; 2022 — employment: 33,430, median wage: $190,350; 2023 — employment: 34,870, median wage: $198,690; 2025 — employment: 39,390, median wage: $210,040.

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$210,040N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A