Cardiology physician salary in Washington

Washington cardiology median: four wage reference points

The Washington cardiology employee-wage median of $656,330 is $380,400 (137.86%) above the published BLS physician-and-surgeon median of $275,930. This is a state-specialty versus national occupation-wide wage comparison, not a national cardiology median, an equivalent job comparison or a locums rate. The physician anchor comes from BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook; the state row is BLS OEWS May 2025.

Dollar gap = this page’s median minus the comparison median. Percentage gap = that dollar gap divided by the comparison median × 100; displayed percentages are rounded to two decimals. Positive means this page is higher; negative means lower. All related-specialty rows below use the same state and BLS May 2025 employee-wage period. No national compensation survey is mixed into this calculation.

These linked rows are statistical reference points, not proof that cardiology and the comparison specialties perform equivalent work. Different occupation labels remain attached to every median. The source cannot explain the cause of a gap, establish an individual negotiating entitlement or describe benefits and self-employed income. Read the official Washington wage source alongside the linked guides before using a number in an offer discussion.

Name the cardiac service before comparing the salary

The existing cardiology guide separates general, noninvasive, invasive, interventional and electrophysiology work. Start an offer discussion with that service definition. Ask how outpatient clinic time, inpatient consultation, interpretation work, procedures and call are divided in the written role. A cardiology wage estimate combines an occupational category; it does not provide a separate price for each of these clinical arrangements. The first useful comparison is therefore the proposed responsibility, not a claimed premium attached to a job label.

For a locum appointment, request the intended privileges and the equipment, referral and backup arrangements that go with them. For telecardiology, clarify whether the contract concerns interpretation, remote consultation or a hybrid assignment. Ask who receives a finding requiring local follow-up and who owns the unresolved patient issue when your coverage ends. These questions make the service boundary visible without suggesting that a remote contract includes permission for an invasive procedure or that current assignments are available.

Washington cardiology: credentialing questions for the actual role

Use this specialty-focused checklist to prepare questions and organize evidence, not as a statement that every employer imposes the same requirements. Credentialing, state authority and site privileges remain distinct decisions. Ask the receiving organization what it needs to verify and what remains outstanding before the appointment begins.

1. Identify the cardiac service and the specific privileges sought, then connect each requested procedure or interpretation duty to the corresponding documented experience.
2. Complete Washington’s applicant-owned attestation and make the requested examination and profile records available; a submitted file is not an issued license.
3. Ask how cath-lab, clinic, inpatient and interpretation responsibilities are allocated during locum coverage, including the receiving team for unfinished follow-up.
4. For remote cardiac work, verify patient-state eligibility and the route for urgent local assessment; distinguish system access from authority to deliver the service.
5. Obtain written call, malpractice and incentive terms. Keep a one-time payment and any repayment condition separate from recurring cardiology compensation.

The underlying distinctions are described in the AMA credentialing, privileging and enrollment guidance. For remote work, consult HHS licensing across state lines; do not infer patient-state authority from an app account, a submitted application or an existing job.

Cardiology: training records and board identity

Cardiology’s certification context sits within internal medicine. The project’s ABMS source lists Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology under the American Board of Internal Medicine. Use the exact credential name when assembling an application. BLS describes the physician education pathway in general terms—doctoral or professional education and internship or residency training—not a cardiology fellowship schedule. Supply residency and any claimed fellowship records for verification, and ask the board or department about requirements not documented here.

ABMS specialty and subspecialty certificates names boards and certificates; it is not a schedule of residency or fellowship duration. For the general education pathway, use BLS physician education and training. Verify any additional requirements with the relevant board and training program instead of assuming a certificate list supplies them.