Allergists and Immunologists
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
Key knowledge
- Medicine and Dentistry
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Biology
- Computers and Electronics
- Administration and Management
- Education and Training
- Personnel and Human Resources
What the work involves
- Engage in self-directed learning and continuing education activities.
- Document patients' medical histories.
- Provide allergy or immunology consultation or education to physicians or other health care providers.
- Prescribe medication such as antihistamines, antibiotics, and nasal, oral, topical, or inhaled glucocorticosteroids.
- Conduct physical examinations of patients.
- Order or perform diagnostic tests such as skin pricks and intradermal, patch, or delayed hypersensitivity tests.
- Educate patients about diagnoses, prognoses, or treatments.
- Interpret diagnostic test results to make appropriate differential diagnoses.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Investigative, Social, Realistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Post-Doctoral Training (53% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (40.5%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (31.5%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 5: Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Allergists and Immunologists is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 29-1229 (detailed_parent); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 83% of occupations compared | 94% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 79% of occupations compared | 72% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Very high | Higher on teamwork than 94% of occupations compared | 89% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 93% of occupations compared | 78% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 65% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | High | Higher on conflict situations than 78% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 78% of occupations compared | 47% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Very high | Higher on consequence of error than 93% of occupations compared | 66% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- Consequence of error: very high
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 4.49%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 1.87%
- Contact with others most of the time: 0%
- Constant contact with others: 93.64%
n = 27, Incumbent 08/2022
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 13.26%
- Fairly important: 5.81%
- Important: 4.29%
- Very important: 4.85%
- Extremely important: 71.8%
n = 25, Incumbent 08/2022
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 1.87%
- Important: 2.96%
- Very important: 6.09%
- Extremely important: 89.08%
n = 27, Incumbent 08/2022
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 3.73%
- Some freedom: 17.89%
- A lot of freedom: 78.37%
n = 27, Incumbent 08/2022
Time pressure
- Never: 1.87%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 6.93%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 26.05%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 15.52%
- Every day: 49.63%
n = 27, Incumbent 08/2022
Conflict situations
- Never: 9.32%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 16.5%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 31.76%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 19.57%
- Every day: 22.83%
n = 27, Incumbent 08/2022
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 15.24%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 46.96%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 23.1%
- Every day: 14.7%
n = 27, Incumbent 08/2022
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 14.05%
- Fairly serious: 2%
- Serious: 0%
- Very serious: 18.22%
- Extremely serious: 65.73%
n = 26, Incumbent 08/2022
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O*NET-SOC 29-1229.01 · SOC 29-1229 (detailed_parent, medium confidence) · dataset 2026.10.8