physician · SOC 29-1214
Emergency Medicine Physicians
National median $335,550 / yr · 32,880 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.
National median
$335,550
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
WV
Score 79 · West Virginia
Top-paying metro
Huntington
$531,340 median
Top WageBench Score
79
West Virginia
Top 10 destinations
Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.
| Rank | Area | Annual Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | $491,230 | $467,651 | 4.8% | 89 | ✓ | 79 |
| #2 | Missouri | $456,280 | $435,747 | 4.5% | 91 | ✓ | 78 |
| #3 | Iowa | $429,050 | $412,746 | 3.8% | 88 | ✓ | 76 |
| #4 | South Dakota | $393,870 | $393,870 | 0.0% | 89 | ✓ | 75 |
| #5 | North Dakota | $392,890 | $385,032 | 2.0% | 89 | ✓ | 75 |
| #6 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $476,890 | $454,238 | 4.8% | — | ✓ | 74 |
| #7 | Rhode Island | $512,730 | $488,375 | 4.8% | 102 | ✓ | 74 |
| #8 | New Mexico | $405,130 | $385,279 | 4.9% | 92 | ✓ | 74 |
| #9 | Maryland | $451,620 | $429,039 | 5.0% | 105 | ✓ | 74 |
| #10 | Ohio | $377,480 | $366,156 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 73 |
National wage distribution
How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).
P10
$103,610
P25
$184,830
MEDIAN
$335,550
P75
$418,890
P90
$495,910
Hourly mean
$153
Hourly median
$161
Annual mean
$317,480
Total US jobs
32,880
Every state & metro, ranked
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| Area | State | Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | HPSA | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | WV | $491,230 | $467,651 | 4.8% | 89 | ✓ | 23 | 79 |
| Missouri | MO | $456,280 | $435,747 | 4.5% | 91 | ✓ | 24 | 78 |
| Iowa | IA | $429,050 | $412,746 | 3.8% | 88 | ✓ | 21 | 76 |
| South Dakota | SD | $393,870 | $393,870 | 0.0% | 89 | ✓ | 22 | 75 |
| North Dakota | ND | $392,890 | $385,032 | 2.0% | 89 | ✓ | 23 | 75 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | RI | $476,890 | $454,238 | 4.8% | — | ✓ | 17 | 74 |
| Rhode Island | RI | $512,730 | $488,375 | 4.8% | 102 | ✓ | 17 | 74 |
| New Mexico | NM | $405,130 | $385,279 | 4.9% | 92 | ✓ | 24 | 74 |
| Maryland | MD | $451,620 | $429,039 | 5.0% | 105 | ✓ | 24 | 74 |
| Ohio | OH | $377,480 | $366,156 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 23 | 73 |
| Nebraska | NE | $371,880 | $354,030 | 4.8% | 90 | ✓ | 20 | 72 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | WA | $380,870 | $380,870 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 21 | 72 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | PA | $380,800 | $369,109 | 3.1% | — | ✓ | 21 | 71 |
| Indiana | IN | $347,060 | $336,475 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 23 | 71 |
| Washington | WA | $380,870 | $380,870 | 0.0% | 107 | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| Oklahoma | OK | $348,540 | $332,856 | 4.5% | 88 | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| North Carolina | NC | $339,350 | $324,928 | 4.3% | 94 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| South Carolina | SC | $341,960 | $323,152 | 5.5% | 94 | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | MD | $344,170 | $326,962 | 5.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 70 |
| Connecticut | CT | $418,940 | $397,993 | 5.0% | 104 | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | OH | $333,290 | $323,291 | 3.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
| Columbus, OH | OH | $331,600 | $321,652 | 3.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 69 |
| Vermont | VT | $430,820 | $402,386 | 6.6% | 98 | ✓ | 14 | 69 |
| Texas | TX | $316,830 | $316,830 | 0.0% | 97 | ✓ | 23 | 68 |
| Michigan | MI | $417,760 | $400,005 | 4.3% | 96 | — | 24 | 68 |
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Not published by BLS (20) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
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