Emergency Medical Technicians
United States. Estimated employment 180,510, with pages for 8 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 29-2042
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$44,470 · 50th
$34,13010th
$37,96025th
$44,47050th
$50,10075th
$62,50090th
That is the median — half of emergency medical technicians in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Emergency Medical Technicians page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $53,820 | 13,780 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $48,400 | 500 |
| Kingston, NY | $45,280 | 150 |
| Albany, NY | $44,120 | 780 |
| Syracuse, NY | $44,090 | 490 |
| Rochester, NY | $43,330 | 650 |
| Utica, NY | $43,060 | 230 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $42,790 | 190 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 180,510 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 29-2042, Emergency Medical Technicians. Mapped to our taxonomy as emergency-medical-technicians.
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