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Emergency Medicine Physicians — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$335,550
United States, 2025
Employment
32,880
United States, 2025
Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
Job Zone 5
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Make immediate medical decisions and act to prevent death or further disability. Provide immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, and disposition of patients. May direct emergency medical staff in an emergency department.
- O*NET code
- 29-1214.00
- Job zone
- 5
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Typical tasks
- Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.
- Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.
- Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.
- Stabilize patients in critical condition.
- Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.
- Analyze records, examination information, or test results to diagnose medical conditions.
- Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.
- Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$103,610
25th percentile
$184,830
75th percentile
$418,890
90th percentile
$495,910
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking4.4
- Active Listening4.4
- Social Perceptiveness4.3
- Speaking4.3
- Reading Comprehension4.3
- Judgment and Decision Making4.1
- Writing4.1
- Monitoring4.1
- Service Orientation4.1
- Complex Problem Solving4.1
- Coordination4.0
- Active Learning4.0
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 20 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
20
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.3 | 5.1 | Not selected | 5.1 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.4 | 4.8 | Not selected | 4.8 |
| Active Listening | 4.4 | 4.6 | Not selected | 4.6 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.3 | 4.8 | Not selected | 4.8 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.1 | 4.5 | Not selected | 4.5 |
| Speaking | 4.3 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.1 | 4.4 | Not selected | 4.4 |
| Active Learning | 4.0 | 4.4 | Not selected | 4.4 |
| Monitoring | 4.1 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Service Orientation | 4.1 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Writing | 4.1 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Coordination | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Instructing | 3.6 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.6 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Persuasion | 3.6 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.3 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Negotiation | 3.3 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.0 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Time Management | 3.3 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Science | 3.0 | — | Not selected | — |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Emergency Medicine PhysiciansHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington, WV | $531,340 | 40 | 2025 |
| RI | $512,730 | 290 | 2025 |
| WV | $491,230 | 300 | 2025 |
| Providence, RI | $476,890 | 300 | 2025 |
| Anchorage, AK | $472,140 | 70 | 2025 |
| Rochester, MN | $462,850 | 140 | 2025 |
| MO | $456,280 | — | 2025 |
| Dayton, OH | $454,760 | 200 | 2025 |
| AK | $452,620 | 190 | 2025 |
| MD | $451,620 | 550 | 2025 |
| Burlington, VT | $449,910 | — | 2025 |
| Norwich, CT | $448,470 | 80 | 2025 |
| Detroit, MI | $447,750 | 520 | 2025 |
| Rochester, NY | $440,340 | 180 | 2025 |
| Duluth, MN | $434,190 | 50 | 2025 |
| VT | $430,820 | 130 | 2025 |
| IA | $429,050 | 290 | 2025 |
| Des Moines, IA | $426,310 | 50 | 2025 |
| CT | $418,940 | 470 | 2025 |
| Hartford, CT | $418,940 | 250 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.