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Neurologists
Diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus.
What a neurologist does
Become a neurologist
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good neurologist
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $101 per hour with an average salary of $210,700 per year.
Neurologist job outlook
- There are 142 workers in this occupation in Washington.