Career Explorer Healthcare (clinical)
Grows with AI
Medical dosimetrists
Generate radiation treatment plans, develop radiation dose calculations, communicate and supervise the treatment plan implementation, and consult with members of radiation oncology team.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 51% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is moderate (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.0% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on ethical judgement and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $147,470
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.0%
- Openings a year
- 200
- People doing it (2025)
- 3,500
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Analyze health or medical data
- Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance
- Advise others on products or services
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Develop patient or client care or treatment plans
- Operate medical equipment
- Train others on health or medical topics
What the work looks like
- Design the arrangement of radiation fields to reduce exposure to critical patient structures, such as organs, using computers, manuals, and guides.
- Plan the use of beam modifying devices, such as compensators, shields, and wedge filters, to ensure safe and effective delivery of radiation treatment.
- Identify and outline bodily structures, using imaging procedures, such as x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or positron emission tomography.
- Calculate the delivery of radiation treatment, such as the amount or extent of radiation per session, based on the prescribed course of radiation therapy.
- Calculate, or verify calculations of, prescribed radiation doses.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: CMD (Certified Medical Dosimetrist), Dosimetrist, Medical Dosimetrist, Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.