"Emergency medicine (EM) physicians in the US reported a somewhat better year for average pay gains than they had a year earlier in a Medscape survey, and they offered a positive vibe as well. Compared to the previous year, EM physicians somewhat more often said they felt fairly paid and similar shares expected to finish the year with some level of compensation increase. (Note: Respondents were full-time physicians who practice in the US only, and they reported total compensation including base salary, incentive bonus, and other income such as profit-sharing contributions.)"
"In this report, gender is based on how physicians self-identified in our survey. Some totals in this presentation do not equal 100% because of rounding. EM physicians practicing in the US told Medscape their compensation rose by roughly 8% on average in 2025. Doctors generally said their pay increased by about 3% on average last year, with average growth rates for both primary care physicians (PCPs) and medical specialists also in that neighborhood."
"Many physicians worry about inflation lately, and those average pay gains outpaced the annualized core inflation rate for the US of 2.7% at the end of 2025. Matthew Wells, PhD, a senior director at Alexandria, Virginia-based AMGA Consulting, saw 2025 as "a return to normalization" with doctor compensation and looks for "consistency with increases" moving forward."
"The key drivers, Wells says, are rising individual physician productivity based on seeing more patients and generating more work relative value units (wRVUs), combined with improved technology-driven efficiency in their business offices. Practitioners in eight specialties topped $500,000 in total annual compensation. All of them except otolaryngology also reported $500,000-plus in income for last year's report."
Emergency medicine physicians in the US reported somewhat better average pay gains in 2025 than in the prior year. More physicians said they felt fairly paid and expected some level of compensation increase. Respondents were full-time US physicians and reported total compensation including base salary, incentive bonuses, and other income such as profit-sharing contributions. Overall compensation rose by roughly 8% for emergency medicine physicians, while doctors generally reported about 3% average pay growth. Average gains outpaced the US annualized core inflation rate of 2.7% at the end of 2025. Key drivers included increased physician productivity through more patients and higher work relative value units, along with improved technology-driven efficiency in business offices. Multiple specialties reported total annual compensation above $500,000.
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