This is the 12th-ish posting of my NAME job spreadsheet. To remind folk, I just went to the site and jotted down the salaries of the offerings. This does not include perqs like moving expenses, etc, so you need to look yourself. Some ads just have “up to” salaries (e.g. “Up to $290,000”) but no lower bound. I just put the same number in both.
This is only for FP ads. Fellowship, Lay Coroner, and Investigator ads are rare and not included.
For those sites that do not have a posted salary, I put $0. Obviously, that does not mean that the salary is really zero, but it keeps the columns numerical in the Excel speadsheet. The “average” line does *not* include the zero entries in the calculation. St Paul, MN just said “mid $200,000” so I put in $250,000 as the min and $270,000 as the max; if someone in St Paul doesn’t like this, let me know.
There’s one Canadian offering. It’s in Canadian dollars. I don’t know how that works with the cost of living algorithm.
The Knoxville dollars columns are the posted salaries adjusted to a single cost of living (Knoxville, because I live there). The conversion factors are a bit different than last time. I don’t know if it’s because of the site I use or if Knoxville has gotten that much more expensive (all those New Yorker and Californians moving in have jacked up housing costs).
As always, caveat emptor. I do not guarantee accuracy. Any Chiefs who see an error, feel free to contact me.
You can click on the little arrows in the labels to sort by a column.
You can use the bar at the bottom to scroll horizontally.
| Date of Posting | Job Title | City | State | Minimum Salary | Minimum Salary | COL Factor | Min Knoxville Dollars | Max Knoxville Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1-8-2025 | Assistant Medical Examiner | Houston | TX | $300,000 | $335,000 | 0.98 | $305,185 | $340,772 |
| 5-14-2025 | Deputy Chief Medical Examiner (Forensic Pathologist) | Charleston | WV | $306,000 | $306,000 | 0.89 | $345,373 | $345,373 |
| 8-22-2025 | Forensic Pathologist/Medical Examiner | Johnson City | TN | $300,000 | $300,000 | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 |
| 8-26-2025 | Deputy Medical Examiner | Mount Clemens | MI | $294,786 | $294,786 | 1.07 | $275,501 | $275,501 |
| 9-5-2025 | Forensic Pathologist | Taylorsville | UT | $264,000 | $349,000 | 1.03 | $257,310 | $340,156 |
| 9-8-2025 | Assistant Medical Examiner | Roanoke | VA | $290,000 | $290,000 | 0.88 | $329,171 | $329,171 |
| 9-18-2025 | Medical Examiner/Forensic Pathologist | Las Vegas | NV | $212,035 | $328,661 | 1.05 | $202,712 | $314,211 |
| 10-9-2025 | Forensic Pathologist | Albuquerque | NM | $253,523 | $360,500 | 0.95 | $266,348 | $378,676 |
| 10-16-2025 | Deputy Medical Examiner | Laredo | TX | $250,000 | $300,000 | 0.9 | $277,778 | $333,333 |
| 10-19-2025 | Deputy Medical Examiner | San Antonio | TX | $284,000 | $284,000 | 0.98 | $289,796 | $289,796 |
| 11-18-2025 | Forensic Pathologist | Charleston | SC | $275,000 | $275,000 | 1.36 | $202,503 | $202,503 |
| 12-3-2025 | Deputy Chief Medical Examiner | Taylorsville | UT | $264,000 | $394,000 | 1.03 | $257,310 | $384,016 |
| 12-9-2025 | Forensic Pathologist | Sacramento | CA | $450,000 | $475,000 | 1.22 | $370,370 | $390,947 |
| 12-12-2025 | Deputy Chief Medical Examiner | Calgary | Alberta, Canada | $319,600 | $320,800 | 0.97 | $330,165 | $331,405 |
| 12-16-2025 | Medical Examiner | Missoula | MT | $284,232 | $291,325 | 1.23 | $231,270 | $237,037 |
| 12-17-2025 | Forensic Pathologist (Early-Career, AP Board Eligible/Certified) | Washington | DC | $200,000 | $250,000 | 1.35 | $148,148 | $185,185 |
| 12-22-2025 | Forensic Pathologist | Allentown | PA | $280,000 | $330,000 | 1.07 | $262,664 | $309,568 |
| 1-5-2026 | Associate Medical Examiner | Rochester | NY | $168,684 | $233,499 | 0.99 | $170,731 | $236,437 |
| 1-5-2026 | Assistant Medical Examiner | St. Paul | MN | $250,000 | $270,000 | 1.11 | $225,225 | $243,243 |
| 1-13-2026 | Forensic Pathologist | Centennial | CO | $218,570 | $349,882 | 1.16 | $188,750 | $302,141 |
| 1-13-2026 | Forensic Pathologist/Assistant Medical Examiner | Knoxville | TN | $270,000 | $280,000 | 1 | $270,000 | $280,000 |
| 1-13-2026 | Forensic Pathologist | Mesquite | TX | $275,000 | $350,000 | 1.13 | $243,794 | $310,284 |
| 1-13-2026 | Chief Forensic Pathologist | Sacramento | CA | $368,352 | $406,304 | 1.22 | $301,928 | $333,036 |
| Average | $277,295 | $320,598 | $263,132 | $304,034 | ||||
| 9-8-2025 | Forensic Pathologist Locum Tenens | Johnson City | TN | $0 | $0 | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| 11-10-2025 | Forensic Pathologist | Rapid City | SD | $0 | $0 | 1.07 | $0 | $0 |
| 12-17-2025 | Forensic Pathologist | New Zealand | Various | $0 | $0 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| 12-23-2025 | Forensic Pathologist | Greenville | NC | $0 | $0 | 0.93 | $0 | $0 |
| 12-29-2025 | Associate Medical Examiner | Tampa | FL | $0 | $0 | 1.08 | $0 | $0 |
| 1-8-2026 | Forensic Pathologist | Omaha | NE | $0 | $0 | 0.99 | $0 | $0 |