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Podiatrist: 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 podiatrists earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$160,300
Hourly
$77.07
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Podiatrists diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot. The median pay is $160,300 a year ($77.07 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a doctoral degree (53% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$160,300
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
9,680
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Most common education
Doctoral Degree
53% of workers
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The work

What podiatrists do day to day

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

  1. Treat bone, muscle, and joint disorders affecting the feet and ankles.
  2. Diagnose diseases and deformities of the foot using medical histories, physical examinations, x-rays, and laboratory test results.
  3. Advise patients about treatments and foot care techniques necessary for prevention of future problems.
  4. Prescribe medications, corrective devices, physical therapy, or surgery.
  5. Surgically treat conditions such as corns, calluses, ingrown nails, tumors, shortened tendons, bunions, cysts, or abscesses.
  6. Refer patients to physicians when symptoms indicative of systemic disorders, such as arthritis or diabetes, are observed in feet and legs.
  7. Make and fit prosthetic appliances.
  8. Correct deformities by means of plaster casts and strapping.
Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

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

Reading ComprehensioncoreActive ListeningcoreSpeakingcoreCritical ThinkingActive LearningSocial PerceptivenessJudgment and Decision MakingWritingMonitoring

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

Tools and technology

Software podiatrists use

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

  • FacebookWeb page creation and editing softwareHot technology
  • Advantage Software Podiatry AdvantageMedical software
  • DocSite RegistryMedical software
  • Fox Meadows Software MediNotes eMedical software
  • Quick Notes PDQ PodiatryMedical software
  • Scanner imaging softwareGraphics or photo imaging software
  • Microsoft AccessData base user interface and query softwareHot technology
  • Email softwareElectronic mail software
  • Web browser softwareInternet browser software

Also called: Attending Physician, Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM), Doctor of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (DPM and Surgery), Doctor Podiatric Medicine (DPM), Foot and Ankle Surgeon, 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).