Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedics Salary in Corpus Christi, Texas

The annual salary statistics of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in Corpus Christi, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in Corpus Christi is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics in Corpus Christi, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,530
25th Percentile Wage
$32,250
50th Percentile Wage
$45,390
75th Percentile Wage
$57,540
90th Percentile Wage
$64,820

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for emergency medical technicians and paramedics in Corpus Christi, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $64,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $45,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,530.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of emergency medical technicians and paramedics from 2012 to 2020. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2020
$45,390
6.59% 6.59%
2019
$42,400
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Table 2. Compare Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedics Salary in Corpus Christi with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $45,390 in Corpus Christi is in the middle of salary range for emergency medical technicians and paramedics in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in Corpus Christi is 9.6 percent (9.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Texarkana-Texarkana and 45.1 percent (45.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying El Paso.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Texarkana-Texarkana
$50,200
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$47,750
Corpus Christi
$45,390
College Station-Bryan
$44,750
Victoria
$42,890
Midland
$40,800
Odessa
$39,910
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$37,640
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$37,180
Lubbock
$37,070
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$36,020
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$35,510
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$35,090
Amarillo
$35,090
Sherman-Denison
$34,740
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$34,410
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$34,140
Laredo
$34,050
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$32,290
Abilene
$31,750
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$31,540
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$31,480
Wichita Falls
$31,030
Brownsville-Harlingen
$30,660
Tyler
$29,810
Longview
$29,750
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$29,630
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$27,790
El Paso
$24,930

See also: Top paying jobs in Corpus Christi, Texas.