1995-1996 SAEM Emergency Medicine Faculty Salary/Benefits survey

Objective: The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) commissioned an emergency medicine (EM) faculty salary and benefit survey for all 1995 R esidency Review Committee in Emergency Medicine (RRC-EM)-accredited program s using the SAEM third-generation survey instrument. Responses were collect ed by SAEM and blinded from the investigators. Population: Seventy-six of 1 12 (68%) accredited programs responded, yielding data for 1,032 full-time f aculty among the four Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) regio ns. Methods: Blinded program and individual faculty data were entered into a customized version of Filemaker Pro, a relational database program with a built-in statistical package. Salary data were sorted by 115 separate crit eria such as program regions, faculty title, American Board of Emergency Me dicine (ABEM) certification, academic rank, years postresidency, program si ze, and whether data were reported to AAMC. Demographic data from 132 categ ories were analyzed and included number of staff and residents per shift, n umber of intensive care unit (ICU) beds, obstacles to hiring new staff, and specific type and value of fringe benefits offered. Data were compared wit h those from the 1990 and 1992 SAEM and the 1995-96 AAMC studies. Results: Mean salaries were reported as follows: all faculty, $158,100; first-year f aculty, $131,074; programs reporting data to AAMC, $152,198; programs not r eporting data to AAMC, $169,251. Mean salaries as reported by AAMC region: northeast, $155,909; south, $155,403; midwest, $172,260; west, $139,930. Me an salaries as reported by program financial source: community, $175,599; u niversity, $152,878; municipal, $141,566. Conclusions: Reported salaries fo r full-time EM residency faculty continue to rise. Salaries in programs rep orting data to the AAMC are considerably lower than those not reporting. Th e gap between ABEM-certified and non-ABEM-certified faculty continues to wi den. Residency-trained faculty are now shown to earn more than non-residenc y-trained faculty. Significant regional differences in salaries have been p resent in all three SAEM surveys.