Allergists and Immunologists: Salary, Job Description, How To Become One, and Quiz

Job description

Allergists and Immunologists diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.

• Diagnose or treat allergic or immunologic conditions.
• Order or perform diagnostic tests such as skin pricks and intradermal, patch, or delayed hypersensitivity tests.
• Educate patients about diagnoses, prognoses, or treatments.
• Develop individualized treatment plans for patients, considering patient preferences, clinical data, or the risks and benefits of therapies.

Salary

Allergists and Immunologists with little to no experience tend to make between $60280 and $111440 while the more experienced ones can earn over $208,000 per year.

One of the easiest ways to increase your salary as an Allergist and Immunologist is to move to a higher paying state like NH. Right now, the highest paying states for Allergists and Immunologists are NH, ND, ME, MT and MN.

However, a higher pay at NH doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the living expenses at NH might be twice as high than where you are currently at now.

Three other factors that can increase your salary as an Allergist and Immunologist is the degree you hold, the industry you work in, and lastly the company you work for.

Requirements

We asked other Allergists and Immunologists what degree they had when they got the job and most of them said they had a Post-Doctoral Training followed by a PhD.

Other than that, we also asked them what did they major in and here are the most popular majors that came up.

Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of being an Allergist and Immunologist.

What is the job like

74% of Allergists and Immunologists said they were satisfied with their job and 82% said they feel like their job is making other people’s lives better.

Dr. Tsvetelina Velikova, MD, PhD

Lozenetz University Hospital

I am Dr. Tsvetelina Velikova, MD, PhD, immunologist (specialist in Clinical Immunology) at University Hospital Lozenetz and assistant professor at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. What does your typical day at work look like? Usually, we start the day with a brief meeting in the morning discussing the tasks in the laboratory – routine testing, … Read More

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Dr. Sima Patel

New York Allergy & Sinus Centers

Being an Allergist/Immunologist can be quite interesting. We hear a variety of issues from patients and some can be quite perplexing. It can feel like being a detective, trying to use the patient’s signs & symptoms (clues) to properly diagnose them. We do different types of skin testing (for environmental, food, medication, chemical allergies). Sometimes … Read More

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Is this right for me

You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suitable for this job tends to like working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. They like searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally..

They also like working with, communicating with, and teaching people. They like helping or providing service to others.

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