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Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians earn $35,450 a year at the midpoint

Most ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians are paid close to one another — the middle is $35,450, and even the ends, $27,350 and $45,960, are not far off.

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$35,450median a year · United States
$17.04an hour $36,210average 12,630people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$30,75025th $35,450median $38,41075th
$27,35010th percentile $45,96090th percentile
$30,750a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$73,730best-paying state · Connecticut
$24,420lowest-paying state · Alabama
+108%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $73,730 in Connecticut and $24,420 in Alabama — a gap of $49,310 a year.

Ambulance driver earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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Number 762 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 3% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 760 Maids and housekeeping cleaners $35,510
  2. 761 Telemarketers $35,450
  3. 762 Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians $35,450
  4. 763 Retail salespersons $35,410
  5. 764 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant $35,360

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  • Placed patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.
  • Replaced supplies and disposable items on ambulances.
  • Accompanied and assisted emergency medical technicians on calls.

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Ambulance driver wages by state

The 29 states where the most people do this work, of 41 with a published figure: their medians range by 3.02 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Connecticut $73,730 $36,700 $36,700 — $79,650 280
Maryland $38,410 $36,260 $36,260 — $51,360 300
North Dakota $37,690 $24,060 $24,060 — $68,100 120
Wisconsin $37,450 $23,710 $23,710 — $49,270 230
New York $37,230 $34,720 $34,720 — $51,930 610
Virginia $36,980 $27,540 $27,540 — $45,830 370
Illinois $36,730 $34,090 $34,090 — $43,600 610
New Jersey $36,170 $32,240 $32,240 — $41,080 170
California $36,150 $34,320 $34,320 — $45,810 1,420
Iowa $36,090 $29,050 $29,050 — $44,310 370
Montana $36,050 $31,080 $31,080 — $43,180 180
Georgia $35,950 $28,390 $28,390 — $40,800 390
Tennessee $35,740 $30,910 $30,910 — $52,850 460
Ohio $35,560 $30,580 $30,580 — $42,700 410
Florida $35,020 $30,240 $30,240 — $46,240 210
Nebraska $35,020 $29,040 $29,040 — $44,570 280
Maine $34,690 $30,470 $30,470 — $39,230 170
Indiana $33,280 $24,250 $24,250 — $56,480 240
Kentucky $32,850 $27,010 $27,010 — $39,570 130
Pennsylvania $32,730 $28,360 $28,360 — $41,800 1,400
Arkansas $32,720 $24,180 $24,180 — $45,380 70
Texas $31,010 $21,520 $21,520 — $34,730 550
Colorado $30,800 $30,800 $30,800 — $43,060 70
South Carolina $29,300 $25,110 $25,110 — $38,660 620
South Dakota $29,190 $28,960 $28,960 — $32,780 160
Louisiana $27,410 $26,470 $26,470 — $34,480 120
West Virginia $26,240 $21,590 $21,590 — $30,880 170
Mississippi $25,170 $18,230 $18,230 — $36,940 300
Alabama $24,420 $22,880 $22,880 — $36,920 230

Ambulance driver pay rate, from hourly to yearly

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$35,443a year

Related work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians$35,450
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers$58,640+$23,190 Light Truck Drivers$44,860+$9,410 Driver/Sales Workers$38,770+$3,320

Questions people ask

What is an ambulance driver’s yearly income?

An ambulance driver makes a median of $35,450 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $30,750 and $38,410.

What is an ambulance driver’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $17.04 an hour; the average is $36,210 a year.

What is the starting pay for an ambulance driver?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $30,750 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $27,350.

Which state pays ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians the most?

Connecticut, with a median of $73,730 a year.

How many people work as ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians?

About 12,630 in the United States — number 762 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays roughly the same

Median pay within $60 of what ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians earn — $35,450 a year — but not always the same spread.

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