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Emergency Medicine Physician Salary in U.S.

The salary statistics of emergency medicine physicians are shown in Table 1. In the next few tables we compare the average salaries of emergency medicine physicians within different industry sectors and in the 50 states of the United States. The emergency medicine physicians annual salary statistics are from the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Emergency Medicine Physician Salary in U.S. (2022 survey)

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$85,880
25th Percentile Wage
$221,320
50th Percentile Wage
No Data
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for emergency medicine physicians. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $221,320. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent is $85,880.

Table 2. Emergency Medicine Physician Salary by Industry Sector (2022 survey)

The average salaries of emergency medicine physicians in 3 major industry sectors are shown in Table 2. We note that the salaries vary considerably within different industry sectors. The highest paying industry sector for emergency medicine physicians occupations is the management of companies and enterprises sector with an annual salary $170,880. The lowest paying sector is the educational services sector (annual salary $65,120).

Industry Sector Median Annual Salary
Management of Companies and Enterprises
$170,880
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$95,050
Educational Services
$65,120

Table 3. Median Annual Wage of Emergency Medicine Physicians by States (2022 survey)

From the above tables we note that not only emergency medicine physicians salaries vary considerably based on one's education and experience, and the industry sectors, they also change considerably from state to state. In the following table we compare the median salary of emergency medicine physicians in all 50 states of the United States. We note that the median annual salaries range from $170,020 to $232,590. The highest paying state for emergency medicine physicians is California with a median annual salary of $232,590. The lowest paying state is Tennessee with a median annual salary of $170,020. For more salary information of emergency medicine physicians profession in a specific state, use the links in the table.

State Name Median Annual Salary
California
$232,590
South Dakota
$232,430
South Carolina
$214,960
Missouri
$207,000
Tennessee
$170,020