Career Explorer Healthcare (clinical)
Changing shape
Physicians, all other
All physicians not listed separately.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 56% 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 +3.4% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on ethical judgement and emotional intelligence.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $265,930
- Job growth to 2035
- +3.4%
- Openings a year
- 9,400
- People doing it (2025)
- 367,000
- Usual route in
- Doctorate or professional degree, then an internship or residency
Where people already use AI for this work
- Analyze health or medical data
- Advise others on healthcare or wellness issues
- Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases
- Prescribe medical treatments or devices
- Maintain health or medical records
What the work looks like
- Diagnose or treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system.
- Order and interpret the results of laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging procedures.
- Diagnose, treat, or provide continuous care to hospital inpatients.
- Prescribe medications or treatment regimens to hospital inpatients.
- Diagnose or treat diseases or disorders of genitourinary organs and tracts including erectile dysfunction (ED), infertility, incontinence, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, urethral stones, or premature ejaculation.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: Allergist, Immunologist, MD (Medical Doctor), Physician, Hospitalist, Hospitalist Medical Doctor (Hospitalist MD), Urologist, Urology MD (Urology Medical Doctor).
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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.