Healthcare
Allergists and Immunologists
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.
Median salary
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Typical range
Varied
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Typical progression
Junior Allergists and Immunologists
Entry / Junior
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~2 yrs to advance
Allergists and Immunologists
Established
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~3 yrs to advance
Senior Allergists and Immunologists
Senior
Varied
Key skills
A typical day
- •Diagnose or treat allergic or immunologic conditions.
- •Educate patients about diagnoses, prognoses, or treatments.
- •Order or perform diagnostic tests such as skin pricks and intradermal, patch, or delayed hypersensitivity tests.
- •Prescribe medication such as antihistamines, antibiotics, and nasal, oral, topical, or inhaled glucocorticosteroids.
- •Interpret diagnostic test results to make appropriate differential diagnoses.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.