Dermatologists
Diagnose and treat diseases relating to the skin, hair, and nails. May perform both medical and dermatological surgery functions.
11,370 people do this job in the US. $328,730 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 41%
- 8%
- 51%
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, 4%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 16%. Today's estimate: 16%.
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 . 18 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduct clinical or basic research.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 25% | 2.1 work days6.7 h to 4.2 work days | 0%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Perform skin surgery to improve appearance, make early diagnoses, or control diseases such as skin cancer.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 18% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Diagnose and treat pigmented lesions such as common acquired nevi, congenital nevi, dysplastic nevi, Spitz nevi, blue nevi, or melanoma.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 29 min17 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Diagnose and treat skin conditions such as acne, dandruff, athlete's foot, moles, psoriasis, or skin cancer.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 25 min13 min to 42 min | Stays with people | |
| Conduct complete skin examinations.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 21 min13 min to 33 min | Stays with people | |
| Counsel patients on topics such as the need for annual dermatologic screenings, sun protection, skin cancer awareness, or skin and lymph node self-examinations.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 17 min8 min to 29 min | Stays with people | |
| Perform incisional biopsies to diagnose melanoma.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 5% | 38 min17 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide therapies such as intralesional steroids, chemical peels, or comodo removal to treat age spots, sun damage, rough skin, discolored skin, or oily skin.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in dermatology.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | 95%Half by now | |
| Instruct interns or residents in diagnosis and treatment of dermatological diseases.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide dermabrasion or laser abrasion to treat atrophic scars, elevated scars, or other skin conditions.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Record patients' health histories.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 8 min4 min to 17 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.
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