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Emergency Medical Technicians — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$44,470
United States, 2025
Employment
180,510
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
0
10 related careers
Career overview
Assess injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
- O*NET code
- 29-2042.00
- Job zone
- 3
- Experience required
- Not recorded
Typical tasks
- Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
- Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
- Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
- Comfort and reassure patients.
- Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of survivors, or to receive instructions for further treatment.
- Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
- Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease, and report case to proper authorities.
- Drive mobile intensive care unit to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$34,130
25th percentile
$37,960
75th percentile
$50,100
90th percentile
$62,500
Most important skills
No skill ratings are recorded for this occupation.
What skills do you need?
No skill ratings are recorded for this occupation in the current O*NET release.
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Compare with Emergency Medical TechniciansHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Park, MD | $68,160 | 80 | 2025 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $67,050 | 460 | 2025 |
| HI | $66,410 | 560 | 2025 |
| Redding, CA | $60,120 | 80 | 2025 |
| AK | $57,440 | 310 | 2025 |
| Trenton, NJ | $56,430 | 130 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $55,700 | 1,290 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $54,990 | 270 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $54,650 | 830 | 2025 |
| Bismarck, ND | $53,940 | 80 | 2025 |
| Wilmington, NC | $53,850 | 240 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $53,820 | 13,780 | 2025 |
| NJ | $53,610 | 6,120 | 2025 |
| New Haven, CT | $53,440 | 490 | 2025 |
| Vineland, NJ | $52,890 | 150 | 2025 |
| WA | $52,690 | 2,940 | 2025 |
| Waterbury, CT | $52,440 | 270 | 2025 |
| Iowa City, IA | $52,210 | 70 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $52,010 | 1,040 | 2025 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $51,970 | 70 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.