Urologists
Health ScienceO*NET 29-1229.03United States
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent benign and malignant medical and surgical disorders of the genitourinary system and the renal glands.
- Median annual earnings
- $264,678
- Projected change
- +6.6%
- Typical education
- Doctoral degree or more
- Employment
- 383.26K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
97.8% of the workforce
Growing to 408.63K by 2035
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The work
What urologists do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Diagnose or treat diseases or disorders of genitourinary organs and tracts including erectile dysfunction (ED), infertility, incontinence, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, urethral stones, or premature ejaculation.
- Examine patients using equipment, such as radiograph (x-ray) machines or fluoroscopes, to determine the nature and extent of disorder or injury.
- Document or review patients' histories.
- Prescribe or administer antibiotics, antiseptics, or compresses to treat infection or injury.
- Order and interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening, to detect prostate cancer.
- Treat urologic disorders using alternatives to traditional surgery such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, laparoscopy, or laser techniques.
- Provide urology consultation to physicians or other health care professionals.
- Treat lower urinary tract dysfunctions using equipment such as diathermy machines, catheters, cystoscopes, or radium emanation tubes.
- Direct the work of nurses, residents, or other staff to provide patient care.
- Perform abdominal, pelvic, or retroperitoneal surgeries.
- Prescribe medications to treat patients with erectile dysfunction (ED), infertility, or ejaculation problems.
- Refer patients to specialists when condition exceeds experience, expertise, or scope of practice.
- Teach or train medical and clinical staff.
- Perform brachytherapy, cryotherapy, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), or photodynamic therapy to treat prostate or other cancers.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $68,159
- 25th percentile
- $103,400
- 50th percentile
- $264,678
- 75th percentile
- $378,194
- 90th percentile
- $457,922
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $264,678 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+6.6%faster than average
2025383,256 jobs
2035 projected408,631 jobs
25,375 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Doctoral degree or more
- 97.8%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 2.2%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Science
- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Urology Physicians/Urologists10,839 postings
- 02Locum Tenens Urology Physicians/Urologists2,156 postings
- 03Urologists1,886 postings
- 04Locum Tenens Urologists1,544 postings
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- 16Surgery Physicians50 postings
- 17General Surgeons42 postings
- 18Chiefs of Urology41 postings
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Top employers
- 01CompHealth1,669 postings
- 02Weatherby Healthcare1,192 postings
- 03Hayman Daugherty Associates1,123 postings
- 04Britt Medical Search735 postings
- 05All Star HealthCare720 postings
- 06Jackson Physician Search706 postings
- 07AMN Healthcare533 postings
- 08VISTA Staffing Solutions498 postings
- 09The Curare Group487 postings
- 10Surgical Information Systems398 postings
- 11Physician Empire329 postings
- 12Medicorp288 postings
- 13CommonSpirit Health263 postings
- 14LocumTenens.com259 postings
- 15Enterprise Medical Recruiting243 postings
- 16Archway Physician Recruitment230 postings
- 17Rosmansearch227 postings
- 18United States Department of Veterans Affairs224 postings
- 19HCA Healthcare191 postings
- 20Summit Recruiting Services188 postings
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