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

How much do Emergency Medicine Physicians make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Emergency Medicine Physicians in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $380,870. The 10th percentile is $85,010 and the 90th percentile is $456,780. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$380,870

10th percentile
$85,010
25th percentile
$314,200
Median
$380,870
75th percentile
$380,870
90th percentile
$456,780
Mean
$320,770

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Emergency Medicine Physicians, the published 10th percentile is $85,010 and the 90th percentile is $456,780. The difference is $371,770, which is 97.6% 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 $314,200 to the 75th at $380,870, covers $66,670.

The mean annual wage is $320,770, which sits below the median of $380,870. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 13.5% higher than the national median of $335,550 for Emergency Medicine Physicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $342,715, which is 2.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Washington median of $380,870.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $380,870 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Emergency Medicine Physicians at $342,715 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Emergency Medicine Physicians by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Emergency Medicine Physicians make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Emergency Medicine Physicians in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $380,870. The 10th percentile is $85,010 and the 90th percentile is $456,780.

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

The local median is 13.5% higher than the national median of $335,550.

What is Emergency Medicine Physicians pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $380,870 is $342,715. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.