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Hello
I was wondering how much paramedics make an hour in California?

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13$ an hour in San Diego.
 
just curious how quickly do medics get picked up by better agencies in southern california aka fire.
 
hibiti87 said:
just curious how quickly do medics get picked up by better agencies in southern california aka fire.
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I have some medic friends who have been on wait lists for almost 2 years.

If you don't have a way in (aka connections, friends in high places) then it can take a while.
 
Pay can range from $12 to $40 an hour from what I have seen. The mode pay would be about $14 for the most common private IFT medic.
 
Cawolf86 said:
Pay can range from $12 to $40 an hour from what I have seen. The mode pay would be about $14 for the most common private IFT medic.
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Close to the same pay range that I have seen. It seems as if most private companies are around the $13-$17 per hour range. Fire department is normally around $30-$50 per hour.
 
hibiti87 said:
just curious how quickly do medics get picked up by better agencies in southern california aka fire.
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That's a whole different thread or even forum. Guys tend to go for years and years of applying before they get hired. I know of one person who became a firefighter mainly to be a paramedic....but that doesn't usually make sense (unless you actually want to be a firefighter). It's a whole different career than paramedic, even though departments do combine them. In SoCal it's very rare to find single function medics (medics only) working for FD.
 
so i make more as a er tech with being a emt-basic then i would out in the field as a paramedic.
 
ABC's said:
so i make more as a er tech with being a emt-basic then i would out in the field as a paramedic.
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Yep. Unless you go Fire.
 
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