What do emergency medicine physician assistants make?
LocumTenens.com conducted its Annual Compensation and Employment Survey in September of 2020. Survey respondents represent emergency medicine physician assistants who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as those with permanent salaries. Compensation results consist of only full-time, permanent employees and consider only annual salary and bonuses.
Average emergency medicine PA salary in 2019
$154,854
Historical salary data
How does this year's salary compare to other years?
The average emergency medicine physician assistant’s salary decreased compared to last year. There was no survey data prior to 2018.
Survey Results
Demographic insights by gender
There were approximately an equal number of male and female emergency medicine PAs last year.
Male
49%2% increase
Female
51%2% decrease
Where do emergency medicine PAs work?
These are three of the top work settings for emergency medicine physician assistants in 2019.
Hospital employed
63%5% increase
Clinic or community center
9%10% decrease
Outpatient facility
7%5% decrease
How old are Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants?
Approximately half of respondents were from Generation X (those born between 1965 and 1980).
Respondent demographics
Emergency medicine physician assistants who took this survey
By region
Years in practice
Employment status
Methodology
Invitations for the survey were emailed to a database of more than 220,000 healthcare professionals in September 2020. Some recipients had been placed by LocumTenens.com, and some had not. There was a total of 2,080 respondents, both physicians and advanced practitioners, who were self-selected and spanned all 50 states.
