Pain, hyperbarics, wound care, addiction medicine, telehealth, occupational medicine, urgent care, admin, public health etc. Yes, they all pay less, but a better schedule and lower stress. I agree EM is not rife with great exit strategies and is a fraud of a field that you can't do long term, but if you can earn 400k a year (unlikely if you are in the Bronx!), save up a couple million over a decade, and then retire to a cush job where you earn 150-200k, life is sweet, no?
Disagree, BTW, that salaries have been flat. The last two to three years they've flattened, but NYC pays much more than it used to.