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Emergency Medicine Physicians pay in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH and Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Emergency Medicine Physicians is $531,340 per year in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. It is $448,470 per year in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH is 18.5% above Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1214 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH and 80 in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.