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Highest-paying Cities for Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

The top 100 highest paying cities for emergency medical technicians and paramedics (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $91,810, Olympia, Washington is the highest paying city for emergency medical technicians and paramedics. It is followed by Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington (average annual salary $75,810). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Olympia, Washington	$91,810	$45,310	80
2	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$75,810	$56,370	40
3	Bellingham, Washington	$69,840	$29,750	90
4	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$67,290	$28,320	210
5	Racine, Wisconsin	$65,720	$34,910	90
6	Pueblo, Colorado	$60,160	$25,430	90
7	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$57,750	$40,640	380
8	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$57,520	$40,560	230
9	Salinas, California	$57,040	$35,870	n/a
10	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$56,260	$30,400	1,600

11	Stockton, California	$55,120	$35,430	540
12	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$54,350	$33,120	70
13	Fairbanks, Alaska	$52,960	$38,100	50
14	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$52,210	$30,250	170
15	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$50,200	$29,290	90
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,050	$28,770	3,350
17	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$49,820	$33,940	50
18	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$49,290	$33,760	3,230
19	Salem, Oregon	$49,160	$27,650	250
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$49,150	$28,880	600
21	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$48,820	$18,980	n/a
22	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$48,660	$34,600	830
23	Waterbury, Connecticut	$48,510	$30,950	290
24	Medford, Oregon	$48,240	$33,450	60
25	Greeley, Colorado	$48,210	$33,410	130
26	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$47,750	$29,390	1,570
27	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$47,600	$33,820	790
28	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$47,290	$32,460	470
29	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,230	$30,250	1,740
30	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$47,120	$29,740	n/a
31	Hammond, Louisiana	$47,110	$30,430	50
32	New Haven, Connecticut	$46,980	$35,780	870
33	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$46,730	$30,910	6,300
34	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,260	$33,360	2,410
35	Bismarck, North Dakota	$46,220	$32,560	110
36	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$46,100	$28,110	130
37	Corpus Christi, Texas	$45,390	$25,530	250
38	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$45,320	$31,780	1,180
39	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$44,750	$30,380	120
40	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$44,560	$29,480	18,090
41	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$43,880	$28,110	410
42	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$43,780	$28,820	250
43	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$43,480	$33,760	60
44	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$43,390	$26,120	400
45	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$43,360	$24,540	40
46	Ames, Iowa	$43,340	$33,420	40
47	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$43,280	$28,630	340
48	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$42,970	$29,650	1,070
49	Victoria, Texas	$42,890	$28,240	150
50	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$42,840	$29,150	400
51	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$42,790	$31,250	130
52	Carson City, Nevada	$42,630	$32,780	50
53	Springfield, Massachusetts	$42,540	$30,840	800
54	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$42,300	$26,670	1,590
55	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$42,240	$19,460	140
56	Jefferson City, Missouri	$42,190	$32,080	n/a
57	Janesville, Wisconsin	$42,050	$28,250	80
58	Binghamton, New York	$41,900	$25,080	290
59	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$41,850	$29,980	230
60	Tucson, Arizona	$41,690	$28,250	660
61	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$41,490	$24,090	480
62	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$41,480	$28,750	2,540
63	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$41,450	$24,120	190
64	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$41,380	$27,310	n/a
65	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$41,250	$25,400	1,180
66	Asheville, North Carolina	$41,200	$29,840	520
67	Bloomington, Indiana	$40,890	$27,090	150
68	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$40,850	$27,770	300
69	Midland, Texas	$40,800	$33,520	60
70	Worcester, Massachusetts	$40,730	$29,320	670
71	Rochester, New York	$40,610	$27,220	1,220
72	Johnson City, Tennessee	$40,540	$28,020	270
73	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$40,490	$27,340	870
74	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$40,400	$29,790	4,280
75	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$40,310	$21,670	230
76	Rochester, Minnesota	$40,300	$29,270	1,200
77	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$40,300	$32,630	70
78	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$40,220	$32,750	850
79	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$40,190	$27,260	150
80	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$40,130	$26,120	1,710
81	Iowa City, Iowa	$40,070	$26,220	210
82	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$40,020	$28,030	120
83	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$40,000	$21,840	230
84	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$39,930	$22,530	590
85	Odessa, Texas	$39,910	$27,500	n/a
86	Punta Gorda, Florida	$39,890	$28,410	n/a
87	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$39,890	$25,600	2,040
88	Lafayette, Louisiana	$39,860	$25,500	840
89	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$39,780	$22,580	870
90	Anchorage, Alaska	$39,760	$24,880	320
91	Wilmington, North Carolina	$39,750	$27,820	220
92	Lynchburg, Virginia	$39,640	$29,340	70
93	Memphis, Tennessee	$39,620	$25,180	1,350
94	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$39,600	$29,220	330
95	Gainesville, Florida	$39,590	$28,090	230
96	Springfield, Missouri	$39,530	$25,250	670
97	Salisbury, Maryland	$39,340	$29,450	640
98	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$39,250	$25,940	270
99	Akron, Ohio	$39,250	$28,600	530
100	Charlottesville, Virginia	$39,220	$27,950	250