Career roadmap
How to become an Emergency Medicine Physician
Median annual wage for Emergency Medicine Physicians (29-1214) — BLS OEWS, May 2023. BLS publishes no annual wage above $239,200, so the median is at or above this figure.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of an Emergency Medicine Physician, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
- Record patient medical histories.
- Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
- Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
- Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.
- Supervise patient care personnel.
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for an Emergency Medicine Physician — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Investigative5.6/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Social5.6/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Realistic4.2/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Conventional4.2/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Enterprising2.7/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Artistic1.0/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
