SOC 29-1214 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Emergency Medicine Physicians make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Emergency Medicine Physicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $338,990. The 10th percentile is $89,820 and the 90th percentile is $415,860. Employment is 370.

Median annual wage

$338,990

10th percentile
$89,820
25th percentile
$185,750
Median
$338,990
75th percentile
$415,770
90th percentile
$415,860
Mean
$297,210

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Emergency Medicine Physicians, the published 10th percentile is $89,820 and the 90th percentile is $415,860. The difference is $326,040, which is 96.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $185,750 to the 75th at $415,770, covers $230,020.

The mean annual wage is $297,210, which sits below the median of $338,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 1% higher than the national median of $335,550 for Emergency Medicine Physicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $293,211, which is 12.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $338,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Emergency Medicine Physicians at $293,211 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Emergency Medicine Physicians in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Emergency Medicine Physicians accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (370 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (32,880 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Emergency Medicine Physicians make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Emergency Medicine Physicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $338,990. The 10th percentile is $89,820 and the 90th percentile is $415,860. Employment is 370.

How does that compare with the national median for Emergency Medicine Physicians?

The local median is 1% higher than the national median of $335,550.

What is Emergency Medicine Physicians pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $338,990 is $293,211. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.