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Emergency Medicine Physicians pay in Rhode Island and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Emergency Medicine Physicians is $512,730 per year in Rhode Island. It is $380,870 per year in Washington. Rhode Island is 34.6% above Washington 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 290 wage and salary jobs in Rhode Island and Not published in Washington. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings