Values shown as $239,200+ exceed the BLS publication ceiling; exact figures are not published.
Pay by state · 46 states
Emergency Medicine Physician Salary by State (2026)
Emergency Medicine Physicians earn the most in Rhode Island at $512,730 a year and the least in Utah at $140,370 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $335,550. All 46 states and territories with reported data are ranked below, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.
- Highest median
- $512,730Rhode Island
- National median
- $335,550BLS OEWS, May 2025
- Lowest median
- $140,370Utah
- States reporting
- 46of 54 OEWS areas
All states
Emergency Medicine Physician salary in every state
Sort by any column. Employment is the number of emergency medicine physicians OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.
| # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIRhode Island | $512,730 | $310,300 | $566,150 | 290 | $501,300 |
| 2 | WVWest Virginia | $491,230 | $129,690 | $532,120 | 300 | $548,879 |
| 3 | MOMissouri | $456,280 | $270,640 | $496,370 | N/A | $502,417 |
| 4 | AKAlaska | $452,620 | $181,000 | $471,630 | 190 | $442,189 |
| 5 | MDMaryland | $451,620 | $333,730 | $479,180 | 550 | $430,282 |
| 6 | VTVermont | $430,820 | $383,860 | $449,910 | 130 | $439,801 |
| 7 | IAIowa | $429,050 | $368,480 | $472,710 | 290 | $488,879 |
| 8 | CTConnecticut | $418,940 | $117,240 | $514,660 | 470 | $404,343 |
| 9 | MIMichigan | $417,760 | $335,660 | $465,750 | 910 | $434,185 |
| 10 | NMNew Mexico | $405,130 | $334,250 | $432,380 | 340 | $439,346 |
| 11 | SDSouth Dakota | $393,870 | $244,370 | $406,760 | 170 | $444,619 |
| 12 | NDNorth Dakota | $392,890 | $333,370 | $623,420 | 150 | $441,653 |
| 13 | MNMinnesota | $390,940 | $336,340 | $474,960 | 990 | $396,406 |
| 14 | WAWashington | $380,870 | $314,200 | $420,410 | N/A | $355,910 |
| 15 | OHOhio | $377,480 | $210,070 | $476,910 | 1,170 | $406,881 |
| 16 | NENebraska | $371,880 | $273,450 | $497,170 | 390 | $412,728 |
| 17 | MAMassachusetts | $356,230 | $319,420 | $483,750 | 890 | $336,838 |
| 18 | OKOklahoma | $348,540 | $206,870 | $348,540 | 60 | $396,776 |
| 19 | INIndiana | $347,060 | $284,420 | $448,080 | 1,170 | $371,867 |
| 20 | SCSouth Carolina | $341,960 | $171,700 | $385,790 | 80 | $364,761 |
| 21 | NCNorth Carolina | $339,350 | $321,320 | $390,030 | 710 | $359,763 |
| 22 | DCDistrict of Columbia | $318,200 | $236,340 | $318,200 | 120 | $289,533 |
| 23 | TXTexas | $316,830 | $81,920 | $330,850 | 780 | $326,437 |
| 24 | NJNew Jersey | $315,340 | $79,400 | $383,300 | 500 | $289,821 |
| 25 | NYNew York | $301,690 | $99,100 | $369,510 | 3,980 | $279,547 |
| 26 | MSMississippi | $252,960 | $174,990 | $424,740 | 450 | $290,916 |
| 27 | ALAlabama | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 90 | N/A |
| 28 | AZArizona | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | N/A | N/A |
| 29 | ARArkansas | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 60 | N/A |
| 30 | COColorado | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 780 | N/A |
| 31 | HIHawaii | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 110 | N/A |
| 32 | ILIllinois | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 1,220 | N/A |
| 33 | LALouisiana | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 470 | N/A |
| 34 | MEMaine | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 280 | N/A |
| 35 | MTMontana | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 140 | N/A |
| 36 | NHNew Hampshire | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 310 | N/A |
| 37 | OROregon | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 890 | N/A |
| 38 | PAPennsylvania | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 570 | N/A |
| 39 | VAVirginia | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 920 | N/A |
| 40 | WIWisconsin | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | 1,260 | N/A |
| 41 | WYWyoming | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | $239,200+ | N/A | N/A |
| 42 | IDIdaho | $221,430 | $126,440 | $320,600 | 380 | $231,878 |
| 43 | GAGeorgia | $219,010 | $134,990 | $345,550 | N/A | $227,441 |
| 44 | FLFlorida | $204,990 | $204,990 | $398,540 | 2,060 | $198,223 |
| 45 | KYKentucky | $169,390 | $148,180 | $272,980 | 620 | $187,879 |
| 46 | UTUtah | $140,370 | $137,250 | $147,740 | 140 | $141,983 |
Values shown as $239,200+ exceed the BLS publication ceiling; exact figures are not published. Those states are ranked at that floor, so their true position may be higher.
Method
How the cost-of-living adjustment works
The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.
For Emergency Medicine Physicians, that changes the ranking: Rhode Island leads on raw pay at $512,730, while West Virginia leads once prices are taken into account at $548,879.
States whose median is shown as $239,200+ have no adjusted figure at all: the published value is a ceiling rather than a measured wage, and dividing a ceiling by a price parity would produce a number that looks exact but is not.
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.
Questions
Emergency Medicine Physician pay by state: FAQ
Which state pays Emergency Medicine Physicians the most?
Rhode Island reports the highest median wage for Emergency Medicine Physicians at $512,730 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by West Virginia ($491,230) and Missouri ($456,280).
Which state pays Emergency Medicine Physicians the least?
Utah reports the lowest median for Emergency Medicine Physicians at $140,370 a year, $372,360 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Where do Emergency Medicine Physicians earn the most after cost of living?
Dividing each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity puts West Virginia first at $548,879 in national-average dollars, from a raw median of $491,230. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
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