# Hospitalists

> 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/hospitalists
- SOC code: 29-1229.02
- Career family: Healthcare practitioners
- Median annual pay: $265,930 (10th percentile $69,170, 90th percentile $452,360)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +3.4%
- Openings a year: 9,400
- Typical entry education: Doctoral or professional degree
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections
- Pay and outlook are for the broader BLS group "Physicians, all other".

## Interest profile (code SIC)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 43 |
| Investigative (I) | 60 |
| Artistic (A) | 11 |
| Social (S) | 88 |
| Enterprising (E) | 36 |
| Conventional (C) | 48 |

## What you'd do

- Assisting and Caring for Others (importance 96/100)
- Documenting/Recording Information (importance 95/100)
- Getting Information (importance 95/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 95/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 94/100)
- Processing Information (importance 93/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 91/100)
- Analyzing Data or Information (importance 91/100)
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others (importance 89/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 89/100)

## Skills

Active Learning, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation

## Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry, Biology, English Language, Psychology, Education and Training, Therapy and Counseling, Customer and Personal Service, Administration and Management, Computers and Electronics, Sociology and Anthropology

## Also called

Academic Hospitalist, Consultant Physician, DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician), Hospitalist, Hospitalist Medical Doctor (Hospitalist MD), Hospitalist Nocturnist Physician, Hospitalist Physician, Intensivist, Internal Medicine Hospitalist, MD (Medical Doctor)

## Majors that lead here (NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, 4-digit CIP)

- [Medicine](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/5112) (CIP 5112, 133 colleges)
- [Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/5114) (CIP 5114, 79 colleges)
- Multiple-Pathway Medical Fellowship Programs (CIP 6102, 2 colleges)

## Related careers

- [General Internal Medicine Physicians](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physicians): $256,560 median pay
- [Emergency Medicine Physicians](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physicians): $335,550 median pay
- [Family Medicine Physicians](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/family-medicine-physicians): $244,180 median pay
- [Pediatricians, General](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/pediatricians-general): $210,040 median pay
- [Nurse Practitioners](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/nurse-practitioners): $132,300 median pay
- [Obstetricians and Gynecologists](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/obstetricians-and-gynecologists): $292,910 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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