Critical Care Medicine Salary Map by State (2026)

Median critical care medicine pay across 29 states from real job listings — switch views to adjust for cost of living or overlay burnout scores. Medians blend permanent salaries with annualized locums/contract rates. National median: $300,000.

Highest median

Indiana

$587,500

Best real purchasing power

Indiana

$629,494 adjusted

Best lifestyle score

Rhode Island

7.2/10 avg burnout score

Lower payHigher pay· grey = under 5 listings

Critical Care Medicine pay by state

State	Median	COL-adjusted	Take-home, COL-adj.	Burnout score	Listings
Indiana	$587,500	$629,494	$610,609	3.5/10	9
Arizona	$587,500	$583,549	$568,961	3.8/10	6
North Dakota	$499,200	$561,157	$547,128	2.9/10	5
California	$379,503	$342,759	$310,883	3.9/10	116
Minnesota	$375,625	$380,877	$343,361	4.9/10	29
Illinois	$353,600	$353,749	$336,238	3.3/10	61
Pennsylvania	$350,000	$358,709	$347,697	4.3/10	16
New Jersey	$322,400	$296,310	$277,435	4.4/10	16
Colorado	$321,759	$312,230	$298,492	5.8/10	54
Washington	$310,157	$289,831	$289,831	4.1/10	14
New York	$300,000	$277,981	$258,939	4.6/10	48
Texas	$300,000	$309,097	$309,097	5.2/10	89
Tennessee	$300,000	$326,548	$326,548	6.9/10	10
Georgia	$300,000	$311,549	$294,757	5.1/10	14
North Carolina	$300,000	$318,046	$304,529	5.6/10	7
Ohio	$275,000	$296,419	$286,045	4.1/10	11
Massachusetts	$275,000	$260,030	$247,029	4.1/10	44
Iowa	$275,000	$313,347	$301,440	5.3/10	12
Rhode Island	$275,000	$268,870	$252,764	7.2/10	6
Wisconsin	$275,000	$292,258	$276,768	6.4/10	12
West Virginia	$275,000	$307,273	$292,462	5.8/10	8
Missouri	$275,000	$302,807	$288,575	5.3/10	9
South Carolina	$275,000	$293,336	$275,150	6.0/10	6
Alabama	$275,000	$309,604	$294,124	6.4/10	15
Virginia	$275,000	$271,997	$256,357	5.2/10	14
Maryland	$275,000	$262,007	$246,942	4.5/10	15
Kentucky	$275,000	$305,017	$292,816	6.4/10	6
Florida	$262,730	$254,057	$254,057	4.6/10	8
Connecticut	$262,500	$253,354	$235,644	3.8/10	7

Which state pays critical care medicine physicians the most?

Indiana currently has the highest median critical care medicine salary at $587,500, based on 9 real job listings.

Which state offers the best after-tax critical care medicine pay?

Indiana currently leads the take-home view at $610,609 — the state median after its state income tax (Tax Foundation state income tax rates (2025)), divided by the local cost-of-living index. No-income-tax states like Texas, Florida and Tennessee often outrank nominally higher-paying states here.

Why adjust critical care medicine salaries for cost of living?

Prices differ across states. The adjusted view divides each state's pay benchmark by its regional price index (U.S. average = 100). Source: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). This is a state-level comparison, not a personal budget or a city-level cost estimate. Missing price data is shown as unavailable.

Which state has the best critical care medicine lifestyle scores?

Rhode Island currently has the highest average WeekdayDoc burnout score (7.2/10, higher is better) for critical care medicine listings — a measure of call burden, weekend requirements, and schedule flexibility across postings.

Medians computed from real WeekdayDoc job listings after outlier removal; states with fewer than 5 qualifying listings are excluded. Cost-of-living adjustment uses BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). The take-home view additionally deducts state income tax at each state's marginal rate for ~$300k single-filer income (Tax Foundation state income tax rates (2025)); federal tax is omitted since it's uniform across states, and local/property taxes are not modeled. Burnout scores are WeekdayDoc's proprietary 0–10 lifestyle rating (higher is better).