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title: "Obstetrician and Gynecologist"
description: "Provide medical care related to pregnancy or childbirth. Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases of women, particularly those affecting the…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Obstetrician and Gynecologist

**Category:** Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · **SOC code:** 29-1218 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 29-1218.00

Provide medical care related to pregnancy or childbirth. Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases of women, particularly those affecting the reproductive system. May also provide general care to women. May perform both medical and gynecological surgery functions.

Also advertised as: GYN (Gynecologist); MD (Medical Doctor); OB (Obstetrician); OB/GYN (Obstetrician Gynecologist); OBGYN (Obstetrician and Gynecologist); OBGYN MD (Obstetrics Gynecology Medical Doctor); OBGYN Physician (Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician); Physician.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $292,910 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $140.82/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $94,680 to $437,300, with the middle half between $179,810 and $369,390
- **Total US employment:** 21,260
- **Typical entry education:** Doctorate
- **Preparation required:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +1.7% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 500 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 50/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 21,260 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $94,680 |
| 25th | $179,810 |
| 50th (median) | $292,910 |
| 75th | $369,390 |
| 90th | $437,300 |
| Mean (average) | $279,040 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UT | $437,170 | $442,193 | 200 |
| AK | $421,450 | $411,737 | 50 |
| VT | $418,760 | $427,489 | 90 |
| ND | $414,060 | $465,450 | 70 |
| LA | $404,550 | $458,637 | 80 |
| OR | $395,340 | $382,485 | 270 |
| ME | $379,930 | $391,479 | 100 |
| OK | $370,260 | $421,502 | 60 |
| AZ | $369,720 | $367,234 | 130 |
| IA | $356,020 | $405,665 | 180 |
| TN | $354,580 | $385,958 | 360 |
| GA | $354,000 | $367,628 | 350 |
| IN | $351,990 | $377,150 | 430 |
| NY | $348,800 | $323,199 | 2,750 |
| NH | $348,140 | $334,220 | 140 |

31 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 46 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/obstetrician-and-gynecologist/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/obstetrician-and-gynecologist.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 22,800 in the 2025–2035 base year to 23,200 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 400 jobs, or +1.7%. Slower than average: 1.7% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 500 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Doctoral or professional degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Internship/residency.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Post-Doctoral Training | 74.0% |
| Doctoral Degree | 22.5% |
| First Professional Degree | 3.5% |

## What the work involves

- Treat diseases of female organs.
- Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
- Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical histories, reports, or examination results.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- Prescribe or administer therapy, medication, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
- Consult with or provide consulting services to other physicians.
- Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Critical Thinking — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Science — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Complex Problem Solving — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Analysis — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Medicine and Dentistry — importance 5.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Biology — importance 4.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Psychology — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Therapy and Counseling — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Problem Sensitivity — importance 5.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Inductive Reasoning — importance 4.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Investigative (I), Social (S), Realistic (R).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| I — Investigative | 5.50 |
| S — Social | 5.45 |
| R — Realistic | 4.59 |
| C — Conventional | 3.72 |
| E — Enterprising | 2.74 |
| A — Artistic | 1.45 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 65.3 |
| ISFJ | 64.9 |
| ISTP | 61.3 |
| ISFP | 58.3 |
| ESTJ | 57.1 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ, ISFJ, ISTP.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Pediatric Surgeon](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-surgeon) — median $559,030
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician) — median $256,560
- [Cardiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cardiologist) — median $496,010
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general) — median $210,040
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician) — median $244,180
- [Urologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/urologist) — median $265,930
- [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician) — median $335,550
- [Orthopedic Surgeon, Except Pediatric](https://nuecareer.com/careers/orthopedic-surgeon) — median $358,550
- [Neurologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neurologist) — median $248,560
- [Nurse Midwife](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-midwife) — median $134,040

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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