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Pediatrician: 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 pediatricians earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$210,040
Hourly
$100.98
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Pediatricians diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries in children. The median pay is $210,040 a year ($100.98 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is post-doctoral training (78% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$210,040
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
39,390
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Most common education
Post-Doctoral Training
78% of workers

Data Government data groups this job as Pediatricians, General (O*NET-SOC 29-1221.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.

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The work

What pediatricians do day to day

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

  1. Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
  2. Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
  3. Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.
  4. Examine patients or order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
  5. Advise patients, parents or guardians, and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
  6. Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients and parents or guardians.
  7. Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
  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.

Judgment and Decision MakingcoreSpeakingcoreCritical ThinkingcoreReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSocial PerceptivenessComplex Problem SolvingWritingScience

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

Tools and technology

Software pediatricians 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
  • Advanced Data Systems MedicsDocAssistant for PediatricsMedical software
  • Allscripts Professional EHRMedical software
  • ChartWare EMRMedical software
  • Drug reference softwareInformation retrieval or search software
  • EMR Experts Pediatric EMRMedical software
  • Epic Systems softwareMedical software
  • MedcomSoft RecordMedical software
  • Medical information databasesInformation retrieval or search software
  • Patient electronic medical record EMR softwareMedical software

Also called: Developmental Pediatrician, Emergency Room Pediatrician (ER Pediatrician), General Pediatrician, Group Practice Pediatrician, Medical Doctor (MD), Pediatric Emergency Medicine 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).