Healthcare Practitioners

Pediatricians

SOC 29-1221

Provide primary medical care to infants, children, and adolescents.

Median pay

$210k

$138k to $274k typical range

Outlook

Growing

1k openings / yr

Education

MD plus residency

AI displacement risk

Low

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

Works with AI

47/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

75th pct

More exposed than 75% of occupations · modeled estimate · 51th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

77/100

Key skills

Speaking
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Writing
Science

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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.