Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults and adolescents, and are based primarily in an outpatient care setting.
Also called: Doctor, Gastroenterologist, General Internal Medicine Physician, General Internist, Internal Medicine Doctor, Internal Medicine Physician (IM Physician)
- Median pay in Greater Boston
- $243,230
- $116.94/hr
- Jobs in Greater Boston
- 1,220
- Massachusetts 2024–2034
- −0.5%
- 50 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
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $84,750 | $96,460 | $243,230 | $309,560 | $340,410 |
10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.
What you’d do
- Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
- Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.
- Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
- Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
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.
Higher exposure69 of 100
The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:
- AIOE 74
- Language-model AIOE 74
- GPTs-are-GPTs 60
Observed AI use today: Some (Anthropic Economic Index)
General internal medicine has higher AI exposure, so AI tools can help with parts of the work. They may support reviewing records and test results and drafting notes. Some AI use is already seen in this job. Managing long-term care, treating complex illness, and building trust with adult patients still rely on a doctor's judgment and personal contact. Massachusetts job counts are projected to dip slightly (-0.5%) from 2024 to 2034.
Likely to change
- Reviewing records and test results
- Drafting visit notes and reports
Still relies on people
- Managing long-term care for complex illness
- Talking through diagnoses and choices with patients
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