Healthcare Practitioners
Dermatologists
SOC 29-1213
Diagnose and treat diseases of the skin, hair, and nails.
The job
Median pay
$329k
$140k to $452k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+6.8% projected
Openings a year
400
BLS projection
Typical education
Doctoral (MD) plus residency
Our model
AI displacement risk
Very low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
33/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
31st pct
More exposed than 31% of occupations · modeled estimate · 38th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
83/100
Key skills
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Science
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,070 | 0.2 | 2.9× | $374k |
| North Carolina | 800 | 0.2 | 2.2× | $367k |
| Texas | 780 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $219k |
| Florida | 773 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $309k~ |
| California | 740 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $469k~ |
| Pennsylvania | 507 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $310k~ |
| Ohio | 474 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $374k~ |
| Illinois | 439 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $436k~ |
| Georgia | 354 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $318k~ |
| New Jersey | 350 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $390k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 341 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $415k~ |
| Massachusetts | 290 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $381k~ |
| Virginia | 267 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $280k~ |
| Colorado | 260 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $399k |
| Minnesota | 260 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $626k |
| Arizona | 244 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $233k~ |
| Missouri | 241 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $301k~ |
| South Carolina | 180 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $260k |
| Louisiana | 171 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $282k~ |
| Washington | 170 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $526k |
| Alabama | 168 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $395k~ |
| Kentucky | 163 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $196k~ |
| Oregon | 160 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $448k~ |
| Wisconsin | 160 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $441k |
| Connecticut | 137 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $165k~ |
| Oklahoma | 132 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $298k~ |
| Maryland | 120 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $442k |
| Kansas | 113 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $297k~ |
| Indiana | 110 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $225k |
| Iowa | 107 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $425k~ |
| Tennessee | 100 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $434k |
| Nevada | 88 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $419k~ |
| Hawaii | 80 | 0.1 | 1.7× | $403k~ |
| Nebraska | 79 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $360k~ |
| West Virginia | 75 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $291k~ |
| Mississippi | 70 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $253k~ |
| Idaho | 60 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $282k |
| New Mexico | 60 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $328k~ |
| Maine | 52 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $330k~ |
| New Hampshire | 50 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $516k |
| Utah | 50 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $313k~ |
| South Dakota | 41 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $295k~ |
| Arkansas | 40 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $422k |
| Delaware | 40 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $442k |
| Rhode Island | 39 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $368k~ |
| Montana | 37 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $312k~ |
| North Dakota | 35 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $304k~ |
| Washington DC | 34 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $381k~ |
| Alaska | 25 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $401k~ |
| Vermont | 25 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $332k~ |
| Wyoming | 17 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $316k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,040 jobs · $374k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX370 jobs · $207k median
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC180 jobs · $276k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI160 jobs
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN130 jobs · $266k median
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY100 jobs
- Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH100 jobs
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA90 jobs
Where this ranks
Explore Dermatologists interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.