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Pay · 29-2042

Emergency medical technicians earn $44,470 a year at the midpoint

Across roughly 180,510 people in this work, the midpoint is $44,470 a year, with most starting near $37,960.

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$44,470median a year · United States
$21.38an hour $46,830average 180,510people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$37,96025th $44,470median $50,10075th
$34,13010th percentile $62,50090th percentile
$37,960a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$66,410best-paying state · Hawaii
$34,170lowest-paying state · Oklahoma
+49%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 $66,410 in Hawaii and $34,170 in Oklahoma — a gap of $32,240 a year.

Emergency medical technician earnings, from starting pay up to the top 10%

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Ranked 640 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 19% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 638 Furniture Finishers $44,540
  2. 639 Woodworkers, All Other $44,530
  3. 640 Emergency medical technicians $44,470
  4. 641 Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks $44,390
  5. 642 Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $44,350

Emergency medical technician wages, state by state

The 46 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.94 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Hawaii $66,410 $51,140 $51,140 — $84,620 560
New Jersey $53,610 $45,550 $45,550 — $64,740 6,120
Washington $52,690 $37,290 $37,290 — $60,960 2,940
Connecticut $50,640 $40,160 $40,160 — $59,610 2,190
Massachusetts $50,230 $40,140 $40,140 — $69,830 4,550
Oregon $49,270 $37,600 $37,600 — $63,430 1,970
New York $48,400 $39,890 $39,890 — $69,210 14,840
Maryland $48,100 $39,960 $39,960 — $85,290 3,400
Minnesota $48,090 $31,340 $31,340 — $59,220 3,160
Delaware $46,790 $39,060 $39,060 — $57,660 950
New Hampshire $46,790 $37,320 $37,320 — $59,670 1,010
California $46,380 $38,740 $38,740 — $78,150 21,880
Maine $46,340 $38,210 $38,210 — $58,100 1,110
Colorado $45,750 $38,370 $38,370 — $58,320 3,060
Vermont $45,600 $36,770 $36,770 — $57,700 790
Georgia $45,550 $33,910 $33,910 — $52,600 6,260
Virginia $45,420 $36,540 $36,540 — $59,180 4,490
North Carolina $44,250 $35,190 $35,190 — $59,750 6,680
Pennsylvania $43,310 $34,480 $34,480 — $54,370 10,160
Wisconsin $43,060 $33,550 $33,550 — $60,910 3,930
Indiana $42,740 $36,170 $36,170 — $50,640 4,160
Illinois $42,260 $36,420 $36,420 — $135,490 7,840
Missouri $42,160 $34,390 $34,390 — $58,090 2,800
Iowa $40,660 $35,600 $35,600 — $60,080 1,510
South Carolina $40,370 $31,590 $31,590 — $49,210 4,010
Tennessee $40,330 $29,720 $29,720 — $59,370 3,860
Ohio $40,220 $34,940 $34,940 — $53,960 5,560
Florida $39,870 $34,120 $34,120 — $59,000 6,060
Michigan $39,870 $35,360 $35,360 — $49,620 4,230
North Dakota $39,670 $31,890 $31,890 — $54,100 760
Arizona $39,500 $33,860 $33,860 — $50,790 3,970
Utah $38,930 $31,410 $31,410 — $48,240 1,280
Idaho $38,840 $27,180 $27,180 — $51,140 780
Alabama $37,810 $28,620 $28,620 — $51,160 2,020
Nevada $37,560 $29,060 $29,060 — $59,000 1,530
New Mexico $37,550 $32,370 $32,370 — $55,500 1,260
Texas $37,260 $30,320 $30,320 — $52,160 12,770
Kentucky $36,800 $29,800 $29,800 — $49,950 2,770
South Dakota $36,800 $31,130 $31,130 — $48,460 600
Mississippi $36,630 $26,760 $26,760 — $48,290 1,390
Arkansas $36,230 $28,370 $28,370 — $49,910 1,120
Montana $36,140 $27,280 $27,280 — $46,310 860
Louisiana $35,870 $27,390 $27,390 — $46,460 2,450
Kansas $35,780 $28,560 $28,560 — $53,710 1,510
West Virginia $34,360 $29,120 $29,120 — $45,350 900
Oklahoma $34,170 $27,840 $27,840 — $45,630 2,410

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  • Administered first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
  • Assessed nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
  • Attended training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.

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Neighbouring work, and what it pays

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Emergency medical technicians$44,470
Medical Dosimetrists$147,470+$103,000 Diagnostic medical sonographers$96,590+$52,120 Radiologic technologists$80,110+$35,640 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses$64,400+$19,930 Paramedics$60,600+$16,130 Medical Records Specialists$51,140+$6,670

What people often ask

What is an emergency medical technician’s yearly income?

An emergency medical technician makes a median of $44,470 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $37,960 and $50,100.

What is an emergency medical technician’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $21.38 an hour; the average is $46,830 a year.

What is the starting pay for an emergency medical technician?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $37,960 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $34,130.

Which state pays emergency medical technicians the most?

Hawaii, with a median of $66,410 a year.

How many people work as emergency medical technicians?

About 180,510 in the United States — number 640 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $390 of what emergency medical technicians earn — $44,470 a year — but not always the same spread.

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