Healthcare Practitioners

Neonatologists

SOC 29-1228

Provide intensive medical care to premature and critically ill newborns.

Median pay

$266k

$103k to $379k typical range

Outlook

Growing

9k openings / yr

Education

MD plus fellowship

AI displacement risk

Very low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

30/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

24th pct

More exposed than 24% of occupations · modeled estimate

Future-proof

79/100

Key skills

Neonatal care
Life support
Procedures
Family communication
Stamina

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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.