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Dermatologist: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.

The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

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Updated Oct 24, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of dermatologists earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$328,730
Hourly
$158.04
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Dermatologists diagnose and treat diseases relating to the skin, hair, and nails. The median pay is $328,730 a year ($158.04 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a doctoral degree (56% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$328,730
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
11,370
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Most common education
Doctoral Degree
56% of workers
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The work

What dermatologists do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Conduct complete skin examinations.
  2. Diagnose and treat pigmented lesions such as common acquired nevi, congenital nevi, dysplastic nevi, Spitz nevi, blue nevi, or melanoma.
  3. Perform incisional biopsies to diagnose melanoma.
  4. Perform skin surgery to improve appearance, make early diagnoses, or control diseases such as skin cancer.
  5. Counsel patients on topics such as the need for annual dermatologic screenings, sun protection, skin cancer awareness, or skin and lymph node self-examinations.
  6. Diagnose and treat skin conditions such as acne, dandruff, athlete's foot, moles, psoriasis, or skin cancer.
  7. Record patients' health histories.
  8. Recommend diagnostic tests based on patients' histories and physical examination findings.
Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Critical ThinkingcoreService OrientationcoreActive ListeningcoreSocial PerceptivenessReading ComprehensionSpeakingJudgment and Decision MakingActive LearningScience

Knowledge areas: Medicine and Dentistry, Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Administration and Management, Education and Training, Biology.

Tools and technology

Software dermatologists use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • eClinicalWorks EHR softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • Allscripts PMMedical software
  • Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHRMedical software
  • Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHRMedical software
  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMRMedical software
  • CareCloud CentralMedical software
  • Cerner PowerWorks Practice ManagementMedical software
  • Encite Dermatology Electronic Health Records EHR SoftwareMedical software
  • Epic Practice ManagementMedical software
  • GE Healthcare Centricity Practice SolutionMedical software
  • GalacTek ECLIPSEMedical software
  • Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITEMedical software

Also called: Board Certified Dermatologist, Dermatologist MD (Dermatologist Medical Doctor), Dermatologist Physician, Dermatopathologist, Doctor, MD (Medical Doctor).

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the correlation between the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level, subtract the average across all occupations, and correlate the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 or below means unrelated. Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
  • Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).