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Emergency Medicine Physicians
Make immediate medical decisions and act to prevent death or further disability. Provide immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, and disposition of patients. May direct emergency medical staff in an emergency department.
What an emergency medicine physician does
Data is currently unavailable.Become an emergency medicine physician
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good emergency medicine physician
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $230 per hour with a typical salary of $302,800 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $184 and $256 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $142,500 and $344,800 per year.
- 59% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $230 per hour with a typical salary of $260,200 per year.
- 81.5% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Emergency Medicine Physician job outlook
- There are 648 workers in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 8% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 12% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.