When I left the fire service a while back we were making 18-ish an hour for regular shifts working 48/96s as fire medics, smaller urban interface transport department on the front range. Benefits were about the minimum that you could provide under the law, the health insurance was cheap but minimum coverage. 401K with match, no pension. From the guys I talk to on the department it sounds like the pay hasn't changed much, they are pushing hard for part time/PRN medics who only work the bus and get paid much less. You could make much more if you got a wild land assignment during the summer, but it is very physically demanding work; one of our medics would pull 120+ an hour in over time when he would get individually assigned to out of state fires. The majority of the department were either trying to get onto a bigger department or figuring what to do with their lives to make a living wage.
Currently I make about 40 an hour for regular time in the ED as a staff/charge nurse with occasional community outreach/education stuff. Our pay gets calculated weird, we get some differentials paid at 1.5 when we are in over time but not others. OT is about 60, 70 if I get call in or shift bonus pay. When all is said and done I would make about 85K a year if I didn't work OT doing 36 hours a week, working 1-2 OT shifts a week I make just shy of 130K a year. The system pays for all required certifications and licenses, even my EMS certs that I don't need per my job title. They also will pay for me to take classes that we don't require in the department, for example STABLE, NRP, and ATCN/ATLS as long as it is beneficial to the department. We get a bonus for every board cert when we pass or renew, plus they cover the costs of boards. We also get paid for education time for conferences and CE/CEU/CMEs. We don't pay more for BSN vs ADN, but we very rarely hire anyone who doesn't have a BSN; without a BSN you can't really advance at all. We even get a bonus at the end of the year for doing volunteer work in the medical field or any volunteering in the local community. Basically if my time befits the department, they pay for it.
Currently I make about 40 an hour for regular time in the ED as a staff/charge nurse with occasional community outreach/education stuff. Our pay gets calculated weird, we get some differentials paid at 1.5 when we are in over time but not others. OT is about 60, 70 if I get call in or shift bonus pay. When all is said and done I would make about 85K a year if I didn't work OT doing 36 hours a week, working 1-2 OT shifts a week I make just shy of 130K a year. The system pays for all required certifications and licenses, even my EMS certs that I don't need per my job title. They also will pay for me to take classes that we don't require in the department, for example STABLE, NRP, and ATCN/ATLS as long as it is beneficial to the department. We get a bonus for every board cert when we pass or renew, plus they cover the costs of boards. We also get paid for education time for conferences and CE/CEU/CMEs. We don't pay more for BSN vs ADN, but we very rarely hire anyone who doesn't have a BSN; without a BSN you can't really advance at all. We even get a bonus at the end of the year for doing volunteer work in the medical field or any volunteering in the local community. Basically if my time befits the department, they pay for it.
