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Emergency Medicine Physicians Salary in San Francisco, CA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Emergency Medicine Physicians in San Francisco, CA have a median annual salary of $338,990, with 370 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $89,820 at the 10th percentile to $415,860 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$338,990

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$162.98

Employment

370

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$89,820
10th
$185,750
25th
$338,990
Median
$415,770
75th
$415,860
90th

Local compared with national

San Francisco, CA

$338,990

Median annual · 2025

United States

$335,550

Median annual · 2025

The San Francisco, CA median is 1.0% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $3,440).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.4
  2. 2.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.4
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.3
  4. 4.SpeakingImportance 4.3
  5. 5.Social PerceptivenessImportance 4.3
  6. 6.WritingImportance 4.1
  7. 7.MonitoringImportance 4.1
  8. 8.Service OrientationImportance 4.1
  9. 9.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 4.1
  10. 10.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 4.1
  11. 11.Active LearningImportance 4.0
  12. 12.CoordinationImportance 4.0

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
5

Technology used

  • Epic Systems
  • MEDITECH software

Common 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.
  • Communicate likely outcomes of medical diseases or traumatic conditions to patients or their representatives.
  • Monitor patients' conditions, and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.

Related careers

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