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Emergency Medicine Physician salary in South Carolina

U.S. Department of Labor wage data for May 2025. South Carolina ranks 20 of 31 states by median wage for this occupation, paying 1.9% above the national median.

$341,960median annual wage in South Carolina, May 2025
Lower end (10th pct)
$116,020
Median
$341,960
Top earners (90th pct)
$385,790
$116,020$385,790
10th percentile
$116,020
25th percentile
$171,700
Median percentile
$341,960
75th percentile
$385,790
90th percentile
$385,790
Mean
$285,730
Employed
80

The median ($341,960) sits above the mean ($285,730) here, which is normal in medicine: part-time and partial-year clinicians pull the average down, so the median is the better description of a full-time job.

How South Carolina compares with the rest of the country

AreaLow (10th)AverageMedianTop 10%
South Carolina$116,020$285,730$341,960$385,790
United States$103,610$317,480$335,550$495,910

Emergency Medicine Physician salary in other states

Where this comes from. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, for the occupation Emergency Medicine Physicians. Employers report the wages they actually pay, and the methodology is published — unlike self-reported salary surveys, which nobody can verify.

What it leaves out. OES counts wage-and-salary employees. Self-employed physicians and practice owners are outside its scope, and partnership distributions are not wages, so in specialties where private practice is common these figures are likely to be conservative. Bonuses and profit-sharing are excluded from the wage measure as well.

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