Healthcare Practitioners

Neurologists

SOC 29-1217

Diagnose and treat diseases of the nervous system, brain, and spine.

The job

Median pay

$249k

$156k to $358k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+6.4% projected

Openings a year

300

BLS projection

Typical education

Doctoral (MD) plus residency

Our model

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

39/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

63rd pct

More exposed than 63% of occupations · modeled estimate · 45th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

81/100

At a glance

Pay for Neurologists centers on a $248,560 median, more than double the typical occupation we cover (more than double the Healthcare Practitioners median). BLS projects employment to grow 6.4% from 2025 to 2035, ahead of the typical occupation we cover. BLS projects about 300 openings a year, among the smaller pools in our data. The usual way in is a medical degree plus residency. The AI read on Neurologists: 63rd percentile exposure, low displacement risk, 39/100 working with AI, tilting toward AI as a helper. On the modeled AI scale, this is 39 points higher than Neonatologists.

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Key skills

Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Writing
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

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
New York	2,810	0.3	4.3×	$156k
California	1,090	0.1	0.9×	$357k
Ohio	940	0.2	2.5×	$232k (estimated)
Texas	660	0.0	0.7×	$361k
Florida	520	0.1	0.8×	$323k
Indiana	360	0.1	1.6×	$220k
Minnesota	310	0.1	1.5×	$382k
Massachusetts	270 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$288k (estimated)
Virginia	249 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$251k (estimated)
Illinois	240	0.0	0.6×	$237k

All 50 states and DC

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Kentucky	230	0.1	1.7×	$339k
Missouri	224 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$228k (estimated)
Tennessee	220	0.1	1.0×	$230k
Maryland	186 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$303k
North Carolina	180	0.0	0.5×	$326k
Washington	180	0.1	0.7×	$327k
Louisiana	159 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.2× (estimated)	$213k (estimated)
Alabama	157 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$193k (estimated)
New Jersey	140	0.0	0.5×	$222k
Wisconsin	130	0.0	0.7×	$343k
Oklahoma	122 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$226k (estimated)
Colorado	120	0.0	0.6×	$356k
Connecticut	120	0.1	1.0×	$321k
Georgia	120	0.0	0.4×	$240k (estimated)
Michigan	120	0.0	0.4×	$240k (estimated)
Oregon	117 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$339k (estimated)
Alaska	100	0.3	4.5×	$355k
Utah	100	0.1	0.8×	$236k (estimated)
Iowa	99 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$223k (estimated)
Mississippi	93 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.2× (estimated)	$191k (estimated)
Nevada	82 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	0.8× (estimated)	$275k (estimated)
Arizona	80	0.0	0.4×	$410k
Nebraska	80	0.1	1.1×	$269k
Arkansas	70	0.1	0.8×	$318k
Kansas	60	0.0	0.6×	$224k (estimated)
West Virginia	60	0.1	1.3×	$64k
Idaho	56 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$242k (estimated)
New Mexico	56 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$248k (estimated)
Washington DC	50	0.1	1.1×	$332k
Maine	50	0.1	1.1×	$250k (estimated)
New Hampshire	49 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$277k (estimated)
South Carolina	40	0.0	0.3×	$353k
Vermont	40	0.1	1.9×	$435k
Delaware	39 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.2× (estimated)	$279k (estimated)
Hawaii	39 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$305k (estimated)
South Dakota	38 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.2× (estimated)	$223k (estimated)
Rhode Island	36 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$278k (estimated)
Montana	35 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$236k (estimated)
North Dakota	33 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$230k (estimated)
Pennsylvania	30	0.0	0.1×	$234k (estimated)
Wyoming	16 (estimated)	0.1 (estimated)	0.8× (estimated)	$239k (estimated)

Top metro areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX300 jobs · $361k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV190 jobs · $162k median
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN180 jobs · $101k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN170 jobs · $136k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA130 jobs · $331k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX120 jobs · $278k median
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI120 jobs · $335k median
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC90 jobs · $338k median

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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.