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title: "Will AI Replace Allergists and Immunologists?"
description: "BLS rates allergists and immunologists' exposure to AI as high. What that means, which parts of the work AI touches, and the 2025–2035 outlook (+3.4%…"
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# Will AI Replace Allergists and Immunologists? (2026)

**Short answer:** Not replaced, but changed. BLS rates the exposure as high, so AI can help with a real share of the work, yet it still projects employment to grow.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics places allergists and immunologists in its high AI exposure category, above the middle of the pack: a substantial share of the work overlaps with what AI can do. BLS projects employment to change by +3.4% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 9,400 openings a year.

| Measure | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLS relative AI exposure | High | BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories |
| NueCareer AI-resilience score | 35/100 | NueCareer analysis of O\*NET 31.0 Database |
| Projected employment change | +3.4% | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Openings a year | 9,400 | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Median annual wage | $265,930 | BLS OEWS May 2025 |

## Exposure categories

| BLS category | Occupations |
| --- | --- |
| Low | 203 |
| Moderate | 194 |
| High (this job) | 190 |
| Very high | 199 |

Exposure means AI could be or has been used to assist with or complete some of the work. BLS says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains, automation probability or wage effects. Method: https://www.bls.gov/emp/publications/ai-exposure-categories.htm

## What holds up

- Assisting and caring for others: 4.9/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Face-to-face discussions: 4.9/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships: 4.3/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Performing for or working directly with the public: 3.9/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)

## What AI reaches first

- Documenting/recording information: 4.7/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Processing information: 3.9/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Getting information: 4.7/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Working with computers: 4.3/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)

## O\*NET tasks

- Educate patients about diagnoses, prognoses, or treatments.
- Document patients' medical histories.
- Coordinate the care of patients with other health care professionals or support staff.
- Engage in self-directed learning and continuing education activities.
- Develop individualized treatment plans for patients, considering patient preferences, clinical data, or the risks and benefits of therapies.
- Order or perform diagnostic tests such as skin pricks and intradermal, patch, or delayed hypersensitivity tests.

## Related careers less exposed to AI than allergists and immunologists

- [Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon](https://nuecareer.com/careers/oral-and-maxillofacial-surgeon): BLS exposure Low, median $352,220
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): BLS exposure Low, median $236,590; [Will AI replace nurse anesthetists?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-nurse-anesthetists)
- [Anesthesiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/anesthesiologist): BLS exposure Low, median $391,490; [Will AI replace anesthesiologists?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-anesthesiologists)
- [Orthodontist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/orthodontist): BLS exposure Moderate, median $289,140; [Will AI replace orthodontists?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-orthodontists)
- [Ophthalmologist, Except Pediatric](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ophthalmologist): BLS exposure Moderate, median $300,080
- [Dermatologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dermatologist): BLS exposure Moderate, median $328,730; [Will AI replace dermatologists?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-dermatologists)

## FAQ

**Will AI replace allergists and immunologists?**

Not replaced, but changed. BLS rates the exposure as high, so AI can help with a real share of the work, yet it still projects employment to grow. BLS defines exposure as AI being able to assist with or complete some of the work, and says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains or wage effects. BLS projects employment to change by +3.4% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 9,400 openings a year.

**How exposed are allergists and immunologists to AI?**

BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Allergists and Immunologists are in the high category, alongside 189 other occupations. The categories combine five public measures of where AI could be or already is used, and they compare occupations with each other rather than giving an absolute risk.

**What parts of an allergist and immunologist's job can AI do?**

In O\*NET's description of the work, the parts that overlap most with what AI handles well are documenting/recording information, processing information and getting information. The parts that hold up best are assisting and caring for others, face-to-face discussions and establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships. These come from O\*NET ratings of how important each activity is to the job, read through NueCareer's AI-resilience method.

**Is being an allergist and immunologist a safe career from AI?**

On NueCareer's AI-resilience score, built from O\*NET work activities, allergists and immunologists score 35 out of 100, higher than 31% of the occupations we score. The job pays a median of $265,930 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). No job is fully safe from technological change, but the federal exposure category and the projected openings are the two numbers worth weighing.

**What careers similar to allergists and immunologists are less exposed to AI?**

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (low exposure, $352,220 median), Nurse Anesthetist (low exposure, $236,590 median), Anesthesiologist (low exposure, $391,490 median), Orthodontist (moderate exposure, $289,140 median). Each is in a lower BLS exposure category than allergists and immunologists, and most are listed by O\*NET as related to the work.

Full profile: https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology