Paramedics — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$60,600
United States, 2025
Employment
100,610
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
10 related careers
Career overview
Administer basic or advanced emergency medical care and assess injuries and illnesses. May administer medication intravenously, use equipment such as EKGs, or administer advanced life support to sick or injured individuals.
- O*NET code
- 29-2043.00
- Job zone
- 3
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures.
- Perform emergency cardiac care, such as cardioversion and manual defibrillation.
- Perform emergency invasive intervention before delivering patient to an acute care facility.
- Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
- Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
- Comfort and reassure patients.
- Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
- Operate equipment, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), external defibrillators, or bag valve mask resuscitators, in advanced life support environments.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$44,230
25th percentile
$49,660
75th percentile
$73,470
90th percentile
$84,850
Most important skills
- Service Orientation3.9
- Coordination3.8
- Social Perceptiveness3.8
- Critical Thinking3.8
- Active Listening3.6
- Reading Comprehension3.5
- Monitoring3.5
- Speaking3.5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.4
- Active Learning3.4
- Complex Problem Solving3.3
- Instructing3.1
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 14 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
14
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Orientation | 3.9 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.8 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Coordination | 3.8 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Active Listening | 3.6 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.5 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Monitoring | 3.5 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Speaking | 3.5 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Active Learning | 3.4 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Instructing | 3.1 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Persuasion | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Operation and Control | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
Related careers
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National median $74,310
Compare with ParamedicsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | $123,310 | 750 | 2025 |
| Olympia, WA | $120,260 | 100 | 2025 |
| Bellingham, WA | $119,970 | 70 | 2025 |
| Bremerton, WA | $119,700 | 80 | 2025 |
| Mount Vernon, WA | $109,620 | 70 | 2025 |
| WA | $104,310 | 2,110 | 2025 |
| Kennewick, WA | $101,250 | 80 | 2025 |
| Redding, CA | $88,740 | 40 | 2025 |
| NJ | $86,630 | 540 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $84,480 | 110 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $83,090 | 780 | 2025 |
| Ogden, UT | $82,650 | 50 | 2025 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | $82,310 | 40 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $82,060 | 140 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $81,430 | 390 | 2025 |
| HI | $81,280 | 140 | 2025 |
| Salinas, CA | $80,710 | 50 | 2025 |
| Oxnard, CA | $80,590 | 60 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $79,550 | 3,850 | 2025 |
| New Haven, CT | $79,440 | 230 | 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.