Emergency Medicine Salary Transparency Powered by Physicians
Recruiters and job listings share everything but the rate. That's why we built Moonlighter, a community platform that allows EM physicians to anonymously share salary data.
Information Asymmetry in Emergency Medicine
Corporate groups and locum agencies already know how much other physicians make. Shouldn't you?
Lowball Offers Go Unchecked
CMGs and staffing agencies deliberately set rates below market value and pocket the difference.
They See the Whole Board
Employers know exactly what hospitals pay to staff their ED. You only see what they decide to offer you.
Silence Benefits the Employer
Non-disclosure clauses and professional norms keep physicians from comparing rates. The less you know, the easier it is to underpay you.
How Moonlighter Works
Attendings contribute their own numbers to see everyone else’s. Residents can look without submitting. Rates are blended across regions and individual entries are never shown.
Create an Account
Verify you're an EM physician with your NPI, checked live against the national provider registry. Takes about a minute.
Submit Your Rate
Choose your site, your rate and whether it's W-2, 1099, or K-1. Add your hours, benefits, and malpractice.
See the Market
Explore an interactive heatmap of EM compensation across the country.
From the blog
Emergency Medicine Physician Salaries: Does Where You Work Matter?
An overview of national hourly compensation trends for emergency medicine physicians, based on NPI-verified self-reported data.
Your Data Stays Anonymous
The map never shows an individual submission. An area appears only when at least three different physicians support it so no single entry can be read back out.
Emergency medicine compensation, by market
Median hourly rates from verified emergency physicians, published when a market reaches enough physicians.