Emergency Medicine Physicians
SOC 29-1214 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- Not reported
- Projected openings
- 1,730
- Projected change
- +10.9%
- Usually needs
- Doctoral or professional degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Writing
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | Not reported | 110 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Internal Medicine Physicians | $322,677 | 2,360 | +9% |
| Pediatricians, General | $220,134 | 2,350 | +7% |
| Physician Assistants | $170,287 | 11,040 | +26.7% |
| Physicians, All Other | $289,473 | 9,800 | +9.5% |
| Psychiatrists | $363,395 | 2,100 | +10.5% |
| Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $309,673 | 550 | +5.9% |