Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · Holland code ISR

Allergists and Immunologists

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.

Also called: Allergist, Immunologist, MD (Medical Doctor), Physician, Adult and Pediatric Allergy Partner, Allergy and Immunology Physician, Allergy and Immunology Specialist, Allergy Physician.

O*NET 29-1229.01

At a glance

US median annual pay: $265,930; Middle half earn $102,930 to $378,770. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Most common education: Post-Doctoral Training; 53% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
Preparation needed: Job Zone 5 of 5; Extensive preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.

What the work involves

The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.

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.
Document patients' medical histories.
Develop individualized treatment plans for patients, considering patient preferences, clinical data, or the risks and benefits of therapies.
Provide therapies, such as allergen immunotherapy or immunoglobin therapy, to treat immune conditions.

Skills and knowledge it leans on

Skills

Reading Comprehension4.5 / 5
Active Listening4.1 / 5
Writing4.1 / 5
Critical Thinking4.1 / 5
Speaking4.0 / 5
Active Learning4.0 / 5

Knowledge areas

Medicine and Dentistry4.8 / 5
English Language4.4 / 5
Customer and Personal Service4.4 / 5
Biology4.0 / 5
Computers and Electronics3.9 / 5
Administration and Management3.6 / 5

Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.

Who tends to enjoy it

How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.

Realistic47
Investigative99
Artistic14
Social72
Enterprising20
Conventional45

The same work abroad

Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.

European occupation titles (ESCO)

epidemiologist · DE Epidemiologe/Epidemiologin · FR épidémiologiste
immunologist · DE Immunologe/Immunologin · FR immunologiste
specialised doctor · DE Facharzt/Fachärztin · FR médecin spécialiste

Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)

Specialist medical practitioners and consultants (2212)154,900 employed
Biochemists and biomedical scientists (2113)68,000 employed
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. (2119)36,500 employed

Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.

Pay across Europe, for the whole group

Median annual earnings of all employees in “Professionals”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.

Median annual earnings, Professionals, by country
Country	Median pay
Belgium	€61,714
Germany	€59,529
Ireland	€56,877
Austria	€55,374
Netherlands	€53,595
Sweden	€43,567
France	€41,515
Spain	€35,735
Italy	€33,649
Portugal	€26,072
Poland	€14,380

Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.

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