text: It all depends on their subspecialty. A neurologist who does EMG's or sleep studies makes more than someone who does cognitive or behavioural neurology, for instance. As a rule the more procedures one does, the more money one makes. It also varies quite a bit by location but just to give you an idea, a neurologist in a busy private practice can probably make 200-300 K per annum. In academic practice they make about 100 K less than that. These figures are for initial salaries.