Marit Partners with ACEP to Bring Pay Transparency to Emergency Medicine
Marit Health and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) are partnering to bring pay transparency to emergency medicine. Together, we launched the 2026 ACEP & Marit Emergency Medicine Compensation Survey, to build the most comprehensive, physician-reported picture of what emergency medicine pays and put it back in the hands of the people doing the work.
Emergency medicine needs it. Marit's job listing data shows that just over a quarter of (27%) emergency medicine physician job postings include a salary range, one of the lowest rates of any specialty. Employers already have compensation data. Physicians deserve that same visibility.
The opacity has real consequences. Ask two emergency physicians who work the same shifts, at the same hospital, what they take home, and you may hear two very different numbers. Contract terms and who holds the contract, a physician-owned group or a corporate staffing company, can swing pay more than most physicians realize, and there is rarely a way to know where you fall until you see the details.
Take the survey
The survey is free, anonymous, and takes about five minutes. It gives emergency physicians free access to 30,000+ salaries and compensation information on Marit.
Every respondent receives early access to a free copy of the 2026 ACEP & Marit Emergency Medicine Compensation Report, launching at the ACEP Scientific Assembly in October. The report breaks pay down by the factors that actually move it: practice setting and type, employer type, geographic region, years of experience, compensation model, and the full picture of bonuses and benefits.
Participants also unlock free access to the 2026 MGMA and AMGA emergency medicine benchmarks, the same numbers employers lean on at the negotiating table. Having them puts physicians on more even footing when it counts.
What emergency physicians earn
Total compensation averages about $434,000 a year across more than 1,100 emergency medicine salaries on Marit. The range is wide – from roughly $358,000 at the 25th percentile to $580,000 at the 90th. A lot of that gap tracks to where and how a physician works. Emergency physicians in medical groups report around $446,000, while those in community or public health systems report closer to $383,000. Same specialty, very different paychecks.
Why pay transparency matters for the profession
Pay transparency helps everyone in emergency medicine. It gives physicians a way to recognize a below-market offer, negotiate with more confidence, and make smarter decisions about where to work. It matters most for residents, fellows, and early-career attendings, where a single poorly informed choice can shape earnings for years.
Marit is the fastest-growing community in medicine, with more than 110,000 physicians and APPs and over 34,000 salaries shared across 150+ specialties. The more emergency physicians who add their pay, the clearer the market becomes, and the harder it is to be underpaid.
If you practice emergency medicine, take five minutes to see where your pay stands and add your own. It is free and anonymous, and you will walk away knowing more about your own market than most of your colleagues do.
Listen to Marit's physician co-founder, Dr. Rob Anderson, on the ACEP News Alert podcast on why every emergency physician should take the new and anonymous ACEP Emergency Medicine Compensation Survey.
