Jobs / Healthcare / 29-1217.00
Neurologists
Diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus.
- US jobs
- 10,590
- Median wage
- $248,560 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of neurologists?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 12%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
- 9%Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient careNot measured
- 8%Prescribe medical treatments or devicesNot measured
- 7%Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient healthNot measured
- 5%Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseasesNot measured
- 5%Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristicsNot measured
- 5%Collect information about patients or clientsNot measured
- 5%Diagnose health conditions or disordersNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
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Also relevant
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Context only
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- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
- 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.
- Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke.
- Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.
- Inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks and costs of various treatment plans.
- Prepare, maintain, or review records that include patients' histories, neurological examination findings, treatment plans, or outcomes.
- Communicate with other health care professionals regarding patients' conditions and care.
- Counsel patients or others on the background of neurological disorders including risk factors, or genetic or environmental concerns.
Other job titles for this occupation (19)
Adult and Pediatric Neurologist · Adult Neurologist · General Neurologist · Neurologist · Pediatric Neurologist · Physician · Child Neurologist · Chiropractic Neurologist · DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician) · Epileptologist · Headache Specialist · MD (Medical Doctor) · Neurohospitalist · Neurology Physician · Neurophysiologist · Neurosurgery Physician · Osteopathic Neurologist · Pediatric Neurology Physician · Vascular Neurologist