Healthcare
Emergency Medicine Physicians
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.
Median salary (BLS)
$335,550
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$104k – $496k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $93,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Emergency Medicine Physicians
Education
Typical entry: Doctorate / professional (MD, JD, PhD)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Emergency Medicine Physicians
Entry / Junior
$103,610
~2 yrs to advance
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Established
$335,550
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Emergency Medicine Physicians
Senior
$415,730
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.