This is the 9th-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. I updated the Los Angeles data — I mis-typed it earlier and did not include a 5.5% increase for board certification. That’s now added to the “maximum” line. 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. 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.
The Knoxville dollars columns are the posted salaries adjusted to a single cost of living (Knoxville, because I live there).
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.
| Date of Posting | Job Title | City | State | Minimum Salary | Maximum Salary | COL Factor | Min Knoxville Dollars | Max Knoxville Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ----------------- | ----------- | ------ | ------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | ----------------------- | ----------------------- |
| 2025-08-19 | Chief Medical Examiner | Stockton | CA | $450,000.00 | $450,000.00 | 1.36 | $330,882.00 | $330,882.00 |
| 2025-09-08 | Forensic Pathologist | Surrey | BC | $338,500.00 | $423,125.00 | 1 | $338,500.00 | $423,125.00 |
| 2025-08-29 | Forensic Neuropathologist | Houston | TX | $315,000.00 | $315,000.00 | 1.06 | $297,170.00 | $297,170.00 |
| 2025-05-14 | Deputy Chief Medical Examiner (Forensic Pathologist) | Charleston | WV | $306,000.00 | $306,000.00 | 0.89 | $343,820.00 | $343,820.00 |
| 2025-08-26 | Deputy Medical Examiner | Mount Clemens | MI | $294,768.00 | $294,768.00 | 1.07 | $275,484.00 | $275,484.00 |
| 2025-01-08 | Assistant Medical Examiner | Houston | TX | $290,000.00 | $335,000.00 | 1.06 | $273,585.00 | $316,038.00 |
| 2025-09-08 | Assistant Medical Examiner | Roanoke | VA | $290,000.00 | $290,000.00 | 0.88 | $329,545.00 | $329,545.00 |
| 2025-10-09 | Forensic Pathologist | Allentown | PA | $280,000.00 | $330,000.00 | 1.07 | $261,682.00 | $308,411.00 |
| 2025-09-19 | Associate State Medical Examiner | Ankeny | IA | $275,000.00 | $275,000.00 | 1.13 | $243,363.00 | $243,363.00 |
| 2025-09-30 | Forensic Pathologist | Georgetown | TX | $275,000.00 | $300,000.00 | 1.27 | $216,535.00 | $236,220.00 |
| 2025-08-22 | Forensic Pathologist/Medical Examiner | Johnson City | TN | $270,000.00 | $270,000.00 | 0.92 | $293,478.00 | $293,478.00 |
| 2025-09-05 | Forensic Pathologist | Taylorsville | UT | $264,000.00 | $349,000.00 | 1.32 | $200,000.00 | $264,394.00 |
| 2025-10-09 | Forensic Pathologist | Albuquerque | NM | $253,523.00 | $360,500.00 | 1 | $253,523.00 | $360,500.00 |
| 2024-10-11 | Forensic Pathologist | Los Angeles | CA | $251,621.00 | $354,219.00 | 1.85 | $136,011.00 | $191,470.00 |
| 2025-08-12 | Forensic Pathologist | Mesquite | TX | $250,000.00 | $350,000.00 | 1.09 | $229,358.00 | $321,101.00 |
| 2025-04-24 | Medical Examiner | Frankfort | KY | $245,654.00 | $257,937.00 | 0.87 | $282,361.00 | $296,479.00 |
| 2025-04-24 | Medical Examiner | Madisonville | KY | $245,654.00 | $257,937.00 | 0.92 | $267,015.00 | $280,366.00 |
| 2025-09-13 | Forensic Pathologist | Kalamazoo | MI | $240,000.00 | $263,000.00 | 0.96 | $250,000.00 | $273,958.00 |
| 2025-02-13 | City Medical Examiner II (Senior Medical Examiner) | New York | NY | $232,740.00 | $268,931.00 | 1.84 | $126,489.00 | $146,158.00 |
| 2025-09-18 | Medical Examiner/Forensic Pathologist | Las Vegas | NV | $212,036.00 | $328,661.00 | 1.2 | $176,697.00 | $273,884.00 |
| 2025-08-27 | Forensic Pathologist | Charlotte | NC | $186,000.00 | $270,000.00 | 1.12 | $166,071.00 | $241,071.00 |
| 2025-08-18 | Forensic Pathologist | Rapid City | SD | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1.07 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2025-10-03 | Deputy Medical Examiner | Madison | WI | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1.13 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Average | $274,547.00 | $316,623.00 | $251,980.00 | $287,949.00 |