National benchmark cells
Emergency Medicine
16 published national cells for Emergency Medicine. Every cell rests on 5 or more underlying records and carries its year and record count. How these numbers are built.
National benchmarks
2025 national physician compensation data — full-time, incumbent physicians unless the metric row states otherwise (newly hired, academic). Percentiles are national; each row carries its record count.
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total compensation ($/yr)National benchmarks | $343,877 | $397,648 | $462,050 | $533,435 | 3064 | 2025 |
| Base salary ($/yr)National benchmarks | $291,975 | $349,256 | $403,223 | $463,940 | 2679 | 2025 |
| Bonus and incentive pay ($/yr)National benchmarks | $15,400 | $26,126 | $55,326 | $153,101 | 334 | 2025 |
| Annual wRVUsNational benchmarks | 5,395 | 7,207 | 9,049 | 10,957 | 1787 | 2025 |
| Pay per wRVU ($/wRVU)National benchmarks | $43.32 | $56.09 | $73.13 | $106.45 | 1807 | 2025 |
| Total compensation — newly hired, year 1 ($/yr)National benchmarks | $206,248 | $310,500 | $384,556 | — | 292 | 2025 |
| Total compensation — academic ($/yr)National benchmarks | $273,799 | $327,265 | $381,169 | — | 1320 | 2025 |
| On-call pay ($/yr)National benchmarks | $850 | $2,058 | $4,675 | $12,243 | 294 | 2025 |
| On-call daily rate ($/day)National benchmarks | $300 | $300 | $600 | $600 | 258 | 2025 |
Corroborating comparisons
Each comparison family answers a narrower question than the national benchmarks above. Offered wages skew toward specific employer types, while service volumes are productivity proxies. These are cross-checks, not replacements.
Offered base salary comparisons
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offered base salary ($/yr)Public record | $241,400 | $291,538 | $363,750 | — | 24 | 2026 |
| Offered base salary ($/yr)Public record | $291,250 | $376,000 | $417,250 | — | 10 | 2025 |
State and national wage comparisons
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual wage ($/yr)Public record | $184,830 | $335,550 | $418,890 | $495,910 | 32880 | 2025 |
Service volume and payments — productivity proxies
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual wrvus medicarePublic record | 448 | 883 | 1,440 | — | 48622 | 2024 |
| Payments per clinician ($/yr)Public record | $15,859 | $31,331 | $51,294 | — | 50091 | 2024 |
| Services per clinician (yr)Public record | 170 | 330 | 546 | — | 50091 | 2024 |
Other published cells
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total compensation ($/yr)Public record | — | — | — | — | — | 2026 |
Where does your rate land in these distributions
Enter one pay rate and get a percentile placement against the cells above — national benchmarks first, corroborating cells when no matching national metric exists.