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OB-GYN: 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 ob-gyns earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$292,910
Hourly
$140.82
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

OB-GYNs provide medical care related to pregnancy or childbirth. The median pay is $292,910 a year ($140.82 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is post-doctoral training (74% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$292,910
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
21,260
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Most common education
Post-Doctoral Training
74% of workers

Data Government data groups this job as Obstetricians and Gynecologists (O*NET-SOC 29-1218.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.

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The work

What ob-gyns do day to day

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

  1. Treat diseases of female organs.
  2. Care for and treat women during prenatal, natal, and postnatal periods.
  3. Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
  4. Perform cesarean sections or other surgical procedures as needed to preserve patients' health and deliver babies safely.
  5. Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical histories, reports, or examination results.
  6. Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
  7. Prescribe or administer therapy, medication, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
  8. Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

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

Critical ThinkingcoreReading ComprehensioncoreActive ListeningcoreActive LearningComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision MakingWritingSpeakingMonitoring

Knowledge areas: Medicine and Dentistry, Biology, English Language, Psychology, Customer and Personal Service, Therapy and Counseling.

Tools and technology

Software ob-gyns use

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

  • Epic SystemsMedical softwareIn demand
  • MEDITECH softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • eClinicalWorks EHR softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • AS Software AS-OBGYNMedical software
  • Acrendo Medical Software Ob/Gyn EMRMedical software
  • Allscripts Professional EHRMedical software
  • Alteer PremiereMedical software
  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMRMedical software
  • ChartWare EMRMedical software
  • Computer Systems Company R4 ACERTMedical software
  • Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITEMedical software
  • MedcomSoft RecordMedical software

Also called: Obgyn, Gynecologist, GYN (Gynecologist), MD (Medical Doctor), OB (Obstetrician), OB/GYN (Obstetrician Gynecologist), OBGYN (Obstetrician and Gynecologist), OBGYN MD (Obstetrics Gynecology 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).