4 High-Value Jobs That Don’t Pay Nearly Enough

[TimRaven]

In my area (SF East Bay), maybe up to 90% calls a day are medical instead of fire. Yet Firefighter are paid much higher, sometimes even double from Paramedics.
Even Fire-EMT are paid better than Paramedic in many agencies.

 

[drjekyl75]

In the city I live in, Firefighter/Medics start first year @ $48K they also get a meal stipend from the township of $1,000/year and handle only emergency medicals. Paramedics in the same area for private EMS companies that do the interfacility transports and run only back-up emergencies start at $38K. It's nice to have tax dollars back up your paycheck.

 

[Soldiermedic247]

You want to see underpaid/overworked? Resident physicians.

Ha that's funny. Underpaid and overworked is definitely military.