Hospitalists Career, Salary and Skills
Hospitalists have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $265,930 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 342,720. Wage data is published for 384 locations.
Occupation description
Provide inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, acute care units, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manage and coordinate patient care throughout treatment.
O*NET code
29-1229.02
Job zone
5
Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$265,930
Hourly median
$127.85
Employment
342,720
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.12 | 4.62 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.12 | 4.25 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.12 | 4.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.12 | 4.38 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.12 | 5.12 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.12 | 4.75 |
| Active Learning | 4.12 | 4.88 |
| Speaking | 4.12 | 4.38 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.38 |
| Service Orientation | 4.00 | 4.12 |
Typical tasks
- Diagnose, treat, or provide continuous care to hospital inpatients.
- Prescribe medications or treatment regimens to hospital inpatients.
- Order or interpret the results of tests such as laboratory tests and radiographs (x-rays).
- Admit patients for hospital stays.
- Conduct discharge planning and discharge patients.
- Write patient discharge summaries and send them to primary care physicians.
- Refer patients to medical specialists, social services, or other professionals as appropriate.
- Direct, coordinate, or supervise the patient care activities of nursing or support staff.
Technology
- Billing software
- Computerized physician order entry CPOE software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Email software
- Epic Systems
- Epocrates
- Global positioning system GPS software
- MDeverywhere
- Medical decision support software
- Medical procedure coding software
- Medical reference software
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
Hospitalists salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Hospitalists Salary in TXMedian $269,800 · Employment 30,720
- Hospitalists Salary in CAMedian $281,590 · Employment 25,530
- Hospitalists Salary in PAMedian $217,310 · Employment 23,800
- Hospitalists Salary in FLMedian $262,180 · Employment 23,390
- Hospitalists Salary in OHMedian $297,440 · Employment 21,160
- Hospitalists Salary in ILMedian $132,540 · Employment 20,790
- Hospitalists Salary in New York, NYMedian $265,930 · Employment 17,210
- Hospitalists Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $94,820 · Employment 16,950
- Hospitalists Salary in NYMedian $242,500 · Employment 16,600
- Hospitalists Salary in NCMedian $260,330 · Employment 14,080
- Hospitalists Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $222,410 · Employment 13,580
- Hospitalists Salary in MIMedian $155,480 · Employment 13,150
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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.