Neonatologists
Provide intensive medical care to premature and critically ill newborns.
At a glance
The usual entry for Neonatologists is a medical degree plus a fellowship. Displacement risk is very low and works-with-AI scores 30/100, closer to help than to displacement; modeled exposure is at the 24th percentile. BLS publishes neither a wage nor an outlook for this occupation on its own, so the figures above come from its group or an estimate and this summary does not compare them. On the modeled AI scale, this is 68 points lower than Psychiatrists.
Similar pay in Healthcare Practitioners
Key skills
- Neonatal care
- Life support
- Procedures
- Family communication
- Stamina
Pay and jobs by state: Physicians, All Other
Figures for Physicians, All Other. BLS reports no numbers for Neonatologists on its own; these are BLS's figures for that occupation. BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 30,720 | 2.2 | 1.0× | $270k |
| California | 25,530 | 1.4 | 0.6× | $282k |
| Pennsylvania | 23,800 | 3.9 | 1.8× | $217k |
| Florida | 23,390 | 2.4 | 1.1× | $262k |
| Ohio | 21,160 | 3.8 | 1.7× | $297k |
| Illinois | 20,790 | 3.4 | 1.6× | $133k |
| New York | 16,600 | 1.7 | 0.8× | $243k |
| North Carolina | 14,080 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $260k |
| Michigan | 13,150 | 3.0 | 1.4× | $155k |
| Maryland | 10,340 | 3.7 | 1.7× | $212k |
All 50 states and DC
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 9,730 | 2.3 | 1.0× | $285k |
| Georgia | 8,580 | 1.8 | 0.8× | $267k |
| Virginia | 8,480 | 2.1 | 0.9× | $279k |
| Massachusetts | 8,210 | 2.3 | 1.0× | $237k |
| Arizona | 6,800 | 2.1 | 0.9× | $312k |
| Indiana | 6,760 | 2.1 | 1.0× | $366k |
| Wisconsin | 6,350 | 2.2 | 1.0× | $392k |
| Washington | 6,300 | 1.8 | 0.8× | $307k |
| Minnesota | 5,350 | 1.8 | 0.8× | $367k |
| Tennessee | 5,340 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $301k |
| Kansas | 5,230 | 3.6 | 1.6× | $222k |
| Louisiana | 4,740 | 2.4 | 1.1× | $351k |
| Connecticut | 4,700 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $215k |
| South Carolina | 4,510 | 2.0 | 0.9× | $274k |
| Arkansas | 4,290 | 3.3 | 1.5× | $137k |
| Oregon | 4,130 | 2.1 | 0.9× | $347k |
| Missouri | 3,990 | 1.4 | 0.6× | $228k |
| Alabama | 3,980 | 1.9 | 0.8× | $273k |
| Utah | 3,510 | 2.0 | 0.9× | $228k |
| Kentucky | 3,340 | 1.7 | 0.8× | $327k |
| Mississippi | 3,003 (estimated) | 2.6 (estimated) | 1.2× (estimated) | $228k |
| Oklahoma | 2,520 | 1.5 | 0.7× | $259k |
| Nevada | 2,400 | 1.5 | 0.7× | $252k |
| Colorado | 1,990 | 0.7 | 0.3× | $298k |
| West Virginia | 1,980 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $258k |
| Washington DC | 1,960 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $77k |
| New Mexico | 1,930 | 2.2 | 1.0× | $328k |
| Hawaii | 1,830 | 2.9 | 1.3× | $339k |
| Idaho | 1,700 | 2.0 | 0.9× | $299k |
| Iowa | 1,440 | 0.9 | 0.4× | $295k |
| Delaware | 1,370 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $297k |
| Maine | 1,340 | 2.1 | 0.9× | $419k |
| Rhode Island | 1,180 | 2.4 | 1.1× | $229k |
| Nebraska | 1,170 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $290k |
| New Hampshire | 1,000 | 1.5 | 0.7× | $361k |
| North Dakota | 740 | 1.7 | 0.8× | $455k |
| Montana | 580 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $439k |
| Vermont | 440 | 1.4 | 0.7× | $343k |
| Wyoming | 440 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $343k |
| Alaska | 270 | 0.8 | 0.4× | $355k |
| South Dakota | 200 | 0.4 | 0.2× | $239k (estimated) |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ17,210 jobs · $266k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN16,950 jobs · $95k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX13,580 jobs · $222k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD11,380 jobs · $246k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV10,650 jobs · $209k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL7,890 jobs · $233k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX7,010 jobs · $292k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA6,810 jobs · $197k median
Where this ranks
Explore Neonatologists interactively →BLS does not publish this occupation on its own. Pay and outlook here are BLS's figures for Physicians, All Other (SOC 29-1229), the closest published occupation, so the real figures for this job could sit either side of them. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.