To be honest, I'm still trying to figure out how my pay is figured out. I still can't find a chart that accurately depicts my current scale.
Fish, I printed up the EMS rates as of August 2009. these are the latest rates that we have on our intranet. This is for New hire Medics only and is the bi-weekly base salary minus any other monies that might be added as well as the hourly rate as best as I can tell:
New Hire $1675.78 - $22.34/hr.
1 year $1845.97 - $24.61/hr.
2 year $1921.30 - $25.61/hr.
3 year $2119.37 - $28.53/hr.
5 year $2266.04 - $30.51/hr.
Unlike most other jobs where your hourly rate is posted somewhere on your check, it is not on NYC paychecks.
As for the website, I actually looked at that right before and while I was in the academy and took a lot of what the author said to heart. While I was training I was waiting for NYC DEP to call me for a sewage treatment workers job ($83K/year) and was justifying leaving FDNY for DEP because of what this guy was *****ing about. Then I hit the streets in the South Bronx and was able to really experience the job and see that the firefighters weren't all that angry about going on EMS jobs, that some bosses are real jerk offs, but others aren't. I don't know who made the site but can only assume it was someone who was on the job when it was HHC and was just not happy with FDNY taking over and not providing everything they said they would in the time frame they promised. The fact is, since becoming part of FDNY, there are more ambulances on the streets, there is a medic basic program that pays EMT's to become medics, and in recent years there have been new stations constructed. So my opinion is, don't take the word of a couple of people that are just disgruntled and check it out for yourself.
Fish, I printed up the EMS rates as of August 2009. these are the latest rates that we have on our intranet. This is for New hire Medics only and is the bi-weekly base salary minus any other monies that might be added as well as the hourly rate as best as I can tell:
New Hire $1675.78 - $22.34/hr.
1 year $1845.97 - $24.61/hr.
2 year $1921.30 - $25.61/hr.
3 year $2119.37 - $28.53/hr.
5 year $2266.04 - $30.51/hr.
Unlike most other jobs where your hourly rate is posted somewhere on your check, it is not on NYC paychecks.
As for the website, I actually looked at that right before and while I was in the academy and took a lot of what the author said to heart. While I was training I was waiting for NYC DEP to call me for a sewage treatment workers job ($83K/year) and was justifying leaving FDNY for DEP because of what this guy was *****ing about. Then I hit the streets in the South Bronx and was able to really experience the job and see that the firefighters weren't all that angry about going on EMS jobs, that some bosses are real jerk offs, but others aren't. I don't know who made the site but can only assume it was someone who was on the job when it was HHC and was just not happy with FDNY taking over and not providing everything they said they would in the time frame they promised. The fact is, since becoming part of FDNY, there are more ambulances on the streets, there is a medic basic program that pays EMT's to become medics, and in recent years there have been new stations constructed. So my opinion is, don't take the word of a couple of people that are just disgruntled and check it out for yourself.
@ Fish, I wouldn't trade my NYC 911 experience for anything, so I would recommend that you try it out, but don't plan on attaining any real wealth while you continue to live in NY. Give it 3-5 years tops, keep your NR-P current, then look for a department that pays well, with a good retirement, in an area with a much lower cost of living, like in Texas, for example.
I got good experience in a busy area(not as busy as NU 1.3 mill calls a year) then moved to a slower, better performing better paying system.
Now it would take a VERY good salary and great working conditions to leave my Job, I love it here and want to retire here but I can't help but ask questons and wonder about other places.
Where do you work again? Fairfax or Richmond?