Career
Cardiologists
Diagnose and treat heart disease.
$496,010
Median pay
+4.8%
Job growth, 2025–35
500
Openings a year
Doctoral or professional degree
Typical education
7–8 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
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.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- MedicineCIP 51.1201
- Osteopathic Medicine/OsteopathyCIP 51.1202
- Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship ProgramCIP 61.0804
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship ProgramCIP 61.0805
- Interventional Cardiology Fellowship ProgramCIP 61.0811
- Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship ProgramCIP 61.1906
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Pediatric Surgeons$559,030 · +2.0%
- General Internal Medicine Physicians$256,560 · +4.0%
- Anesthesiologists$391,490 · +3.6%
- Urologists
- Emergency Medicine Physicians$335,550 · +3.2%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.