Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Career, Salary and Skills
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $35,450 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 12,630. Wage data is published for 84 locations.
Occupation description
Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.
O*NET code
53-3011.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$35,450
Hourly median
$17.04
Employment
12,630
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$27,350
10th
$30,750
25th
$35,450
Median
$38,410
75th
$45,960
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.50 | 3.25 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.50 | 3.38 |
| Speaking | 3.38 | 3.25 |
| Service Orientation | 3.38 | 3.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.25 | 3.38 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Operation and Control | 3.12 | 2.88 |
| Active Learning | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Monitoring | 3.00 | 3.12 |
| Coordination | 3.00 | 2.88 |
Typical tasks
- Restrain or shackle violent patients.
- Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances.
- Place patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.
- Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances.
- Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls.
- Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.
- Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.
- Administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, or administering oxygen.
Technology
- Computer aided dispatch software
- Mapping software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in CAMedian $36,150 · Employment 1,420
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in PAMedian $32,730 · Employment 1,400
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in SCMedian $29,300 · Employment 620
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in NYMedian $37,230 · Employment 610
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in ILMedian $36,730 · Employment 610
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in Philadelphia, PAMedian $35,580 · Employment 590
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $37,510 · Employment 560
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in TXMedian $31,010 · Employment 550
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in New York, NYMedian $37,620 · Employment 540
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $36,730 · Employment 520
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in PRMedian $22,940 · Employment 520
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in TNMedian $35,740 · Employment 460
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.