Who has the highest paid Paramedics?

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Who has the highest paid Paramedics in the USA? What is the highest you have herd of or know of? Many of the labor statistic websites do not list specific agencies or accurately give the top out pay for medics at an individual agency.

This post is really just for fun, but also I am curious... Just who is the highest paid out there?

The following conditions must apply
-OT excluded
-Dual role Firefighter/medic, police officer/medic, ect are excluded (only single role Paramedics)
-Management excluded

PS: I know many things come into consideration such as a cost of living, retirement plans, so on and so forth.
 
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Well damn, mine's excluded. I want to say WilCo is in the mid to high 50s without OT. That's the highest I've heard.
 
Are we talking initial, maximum, or average?

MCHD here in Texas pays a pretty penny to their medics. Looking on their site, a non-management medic can earn from $55,000 to $75,600 / yr.


My agency is $43,000 to $65,000 without management.
 
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a google search brings up mixed results for SSFD single role paramedics starting in the mid $80,000 and topping out at over $100,000. Not sure if anyone can confirm this I have been unable to.
 
Lets say initial and maximum. Although I find the maximum number more interesting.
 
Not EMSA-Oklahoma. We start our paramedics at about $37,000 a year with our current pay schedule, increasing to a maximum without additional OT of about $47,000.

It's not terrible, though. There's a pair of outfits in OK (Wadley's Ambulance in Purcell, Sinor in Weatherford/Clinton) that pay $21k-$25k/year for paramedics. That's simply not livable.
 
schulz said:
a google search brings up mixed results for SSFD single role paramedics starting in the mid $80,000 and topping out at over $100,000. Not sure if anyone can confirm this I have been unable to.
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That's our range for single role paramedics in our FD. With overtime, they can easily get to 130k or higher.
 
I'm pretty sure they start in the low 20s/hr around here.
 
FDNY Rescue Medic pay is $75,000. But, this is NYC...
 
I know San Fracisco FD starts their single role medics at around 90k for 4 10 hour shifts a week. EMTs at around 72k. They rarely hire though. Tough to get on. Highest paid private Medics in the area are AMR San Mateo. They got a killer union contract. 15 steps raises and built in overtime after 8 hours. They work 12s so its daily overtime.
 
Our starting pay is $67/yr with pension and 401k, and city bennies.

We get time and half for OT, double time for holidays, 1 sick day earned each month, 10 vacations day/yr, 8 training days/yr (can be used for Conferences or extended vacation), 3 personal days/yr, and all comp time earned in leu of the OT pay is paid out as straight time or paid time off ( for vacations etc).

I average close to $80-90k/yr if I balance the OT, scheduled holidays and comp correctly to fill the wallet and still take a good amount of comp and vacation days off. This year I was $103!shy of 80k.

Our EMS is a municipal agency working as a division of the Police Department. Basically Police Department Based EMS....we are not cops just PD based paramedics.

Then add the other 21k from my part time gig, not too bad of a salary.
 
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We start around $40k/year, going up to a max of I believe $77k/year.
 
My service is fairly on the high side for both medics/emts ...we also get A LOT of overtime (sometimes mandatory).
 
feldy said:
My service is fairly on the high side for both medics/emts ...we also get A LOT of overtime (sometimes mandatory).
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Do you have numbers? High is relative.
 
I am told that King County Medic One starts at $69K right out of school and tops out around $100k.
 
Rig work in Alberta.

I've heard of medics making $1000.... a day.

No, that's not a typo.
 
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How far does 75k go in Brooklyn or Queens?
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Just fine I'd say. Rent isn't THAT expensive in queens and brooklyn, it just depends on the area. You could live in plenty of places on LI with that salary if your spouse makes equal or more.
 
Medic One said:
Our starting pay is $67/yr with pension and 401k, and city bennies.

We get time and half for OT, double time for holidays, 1 sick day earned each month, 10 vacations day/yr, 8 training days/yr (can be used for Conferences or extended vacation), 3 personal days/yr, and all comp time earned in leu of the OT pay is paid out as straight time or paid time off ( for vacations etc).

I average close to $80-90k/yr if I balance the OT, scheduled holidays and comp correctly to fill the wallet and still take a good amount of comp and vacation days off. This year I was $103!shy of 80k.

Our EMS is a municipal agency working as a division of the Police Department. Basically Police Department Based EMS....we are not cops just PD based paramedics.

Then add the other 21k from my part time gig, not too bad of a salary.
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Where is this... And are you hiring?
 
There should be a requirement that you have to name the agency for this thread.
 
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