Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Cardiologists
Diagnose, treat, manage, and prevent diseases or conditions of the cardiovascular system. May further subspecialize in interventional procedures (e.g., balloon angioplasty and stent placement), echocardiography, or electrophysiology.
- Median pay in Greater Boston
- Not published
- Jobs in Greater Boston
- 440
- Massachusetts 2024–2034
- 0.0%
- 20 openings a year
- Typical U.S. entry requirement
- Doctoral or professional degree
- plus Internship/residency
Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.
Pay range in Greater Boston
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10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.
AI and this job
AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.
Moderate exposure55 of 100
The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:
- AIOE 63
- Language-model AIOE 62
- GPTs-are-GPTs 40
Observed AI use today: Not published (Anthropic Economic Index)
Cardiologists have moderate AI exposure. AI tools may help with reviewing heart test data and images, and with paperwork. Diagnosing, deciding on treatment, performing procedures, and talking with patients about heart health still rely on a physician's judgment. No observed AI use data is available for this job.
Likely to change
- Reviewing heart test data and images
- Drafting notes and routine paperwork
Still relies on people
- Making treatment decisions with each patient
- Performing heart procedures and managing care
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Training near Boston
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