Neurologists Career, Salary and Skills
Neurologists have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $248,560 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 10,590. Wage data is published for 54 locations.
Occupation description
Diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus.
O*NET code
29-1217.00
Job zone
5
Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$248,560
Hourly median
$119.50
Employment
10,590
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.25 | 4.50 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.12 | 5.50 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.12 | 4.62 |
| Speaking | 4.12 | 4.38 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.12 | 4.62 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.12 | 4.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.00 | 4.50 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.62 |
| Writing | 4.00 | 4.38 |
| Science | 3.75 | 4.12 |
Typical tasks
- Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
- Supervise medical technicians in the performance of neurological diagnostic or therapeutic activities.
- 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.
- Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
- Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
- Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
- Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
- Participate in neuroscience research activities.
Technology
- Allscripts PM
- athenahealth athenaCollector
- Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
- Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR
- Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
- CareCloud Central
- Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management
- e-MDs software
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Email software
- Epic Practice Management
- Epic Systems
- GalacTek ECLIPSE
- GE Healthcare Centricity Practice Solution
Neurologists salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Neurologists Salary in NYMedian $155,990 · Employment 2,810
- Neurologists Salary in CAMedian $357,080 · Employment 1,090
- Neurologists Salary in TXMedian $360,640 · Employment 660
- Neurologists Salary in FLMedian $322,750 · Employment 520
- Neurologists Salary in INMedian $220,210 · Employment 360
- Neurologists Salary in MNMedian $381,670 · Employment 310
- Neurologists Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $360,640 · Employment 300
- Neurologists Salary in ILMedian $237,080 · Employment 240
- Neurologists Salary in KYMedian $338,850 · Employment 230
- Neurologists Salary in TNMedian $229,670 · Employment 220
- Neurologists Salary in Washington, DCMedian $161,560 · Employment 190
- Neurologists Salary in Cincinnati, OHMedian $101,210 · Employment 180
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.