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Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Provide medical care related to pregnancy or childbirth. Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases of women, particularly those affecting the reproductive system. May also provide general care to women. May perform both medical and gynecological surgery functions.
- US jobs
- 21,260
- Median wage
- $292,910 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of obstetricians and gynecologists?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Healthcare:
- Task levelPartialOne benchmark, from early 2025. On Stanford's MedAgentBench, where agents do clinical tasks in a simulated electronic health record, the best recorded model completes 69.7% of tasks (Claude 3.5 Sonnet v2). It has no maintained leaderboard, so newer models are not measured. No benchmark in our collection tests work with patients.
- Project levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. GDPval includes nurses among its 44 occupations. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons across all occupations. No benchmark in our collection tests clinical work over days, such as managing a patient's care.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Treat diseases of female organs.
- Care for and treat women during prenatal, natal, and postnatal periods.
- Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
- Perform cesarean sections or other surgical procedures as needed to preserve patients' health and deliver babies safely.
- Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical histories, reports, or examination results.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- Prescribe or administer therapy, medication, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
- Consult with or provide consulting services to other physicians.
- Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.
- Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
Other job titles for this occupation (23)
GYN (Gynecologist) · MD (Medical Doctor) · OB (Obstetrician) · OB/GYN (Obstetrician Gynecologist) · OBGYN (Obstetrician and Gynecologist) · OBGYN MD (Obstetrics Gynecology Medical Doctor) · OBGYN Physician (Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician) · Physician · Physician GYN (Physician Gynecologist) · Physician OB (Physician Obstetrician) · Doctor · GYN Physician (Gynecology Physician) · Gynecologic Oncologist · Gynecological Oncologist · Hospitalist · Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician (MFM Physician) · OB Specialist (Obstetrics Specialist) · OB/GYN Generalist (Obstetrics and Gynecology Generalist) · OB/GYN Hospitalist (Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospitalist) · OB/GYN Physician (Obstetrics Gynecology Physician) · OBGYN Doctor (Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctor) · OBGYN Physician (Obstetrician and Gynecologist Physician) · Reproductive Endocrinologist