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Neurologist: 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 neurologists earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$248,560
Hourly
$119.50
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Neurologists diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus. The median pay is $248,560 a year ($119.50 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is post-doctoral training (64% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$248,560
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
10,590
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Most common education
Post-Doctoral Training
64% of workers
Explore the role

Every page for Neurologists

SalaryNeurologist salary

Pay by percentile, state and metro, with a negotiation script.

Open →How to becomeNeurologist how to become

Education, training and the skills to build first.

Open →Interview questionsNeurologist interview questions

Questions with what they test, plus practice mode.

Open →Career changeNeurologist career change

Where these skills transfer, with skill match and pay change.

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The work

What neurologists do day to day

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

  1. Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
  2. Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
  3. Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
  4. Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
  5. Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
  6. Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
  7. Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke.
  8. Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.
Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

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

Active ListeningcoreSocial PerceptivenesscoreComplex Problem SolvingcoreReading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingJudgment and Decision MakingWritingMonitoring

Knowledge areas: Medicine and Dentistry, English Language, Psychology, Biology, Therapy and Counseling, Education and Training.

Tools and technology

Software neurologists use

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

  • Epic SystemsMedical softwareIn demand
  • 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
  • Epic Practice ManagementMedical software
  • GE Healthcare Centricity Practice SolutionMedical software
  • GalacTek ECLIPSEMedical software
  • Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITEMedical software

Also called: Adult and Pediatric Neurologist, Adult Neurologist, General Neurologist, Pediatric Neurologist, Physician.

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).