Allergists and Immunologists
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.
$265,930 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 37%
- 10%
- 52%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 3%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 37%. Today's estimate: 37%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 16 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduct laboratory or clinical research on allergy or immunology topics.Done daily by most who do it. | 19% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 4.2 work days | Stays with people | |
| Present research findings at national meetings or in peer-reviewed journals.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 10% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.7 work weeks | Stays with people | |
| Diagnose or treat allergic or immunologic conditions.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 9% | 33 min17 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Provide therapies, such as allergen immunotherapy or immunoglobin therapy, to treat immune conditions.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 8% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Develop individualized treatment plans for patients, considering patient preferences, clinical data, or the risks and benefits of therapies.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 29 min17 min to 46 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Perform allergen provocation tests such as nasal, conjunctival, bronchial, oral, food, or medication challenges.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Document patients' medical histories.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 6% | 21 min8 min to 33 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Order or perform diagnostic tests such as skin pricks and intradermal, patch, or delayed hypersensitivity tests.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Educate patients about diagnoses, prognoses, or treatments.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 17 min8 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Assess the risks and benefits of therapies for allergic and immunologic disorders.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Conduct physical examinations of patients.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 4% | 17 min8 min to 29 min | Stays with people | |
| Interpret diagnostic test results to make appropriate differential diagnoses.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 17 min8 min to 29 min | 100%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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