Emergency Medical Technicians · SOC 29-2042

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Emergency Medical Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for emergency medical technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (4 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 303 metro areas

Emergency Medical Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Lexington Park, MD	$68,160	80	1.1
2	Urban Honolulu, HI	$67,050	460	1.0
3	Redding, CA	$60,120	80	1.2
4	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$56,430	130	0.5
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$55,700	1,290	0.6
6	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$54,990	270	0.7
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$54,650	830	0.7
8	Bismarck, ND	$53,940	80	1.2
9	Wilmington, NC	$53,850	240	1.3
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$53,820	13,780	1.5
11	New Haven, CT	$53,440	490	1.7
12	Vineland, NJ	$52,890	150	2.4
13	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$52,440	270	1.7
14	Iowa City, IA	$52,210	70	0.8
15	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$52,010	1,040	0.9
16	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$51,970	70	0.7
17	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$51,760	140	1.0
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,480	3,580	1.5
19	Anchorage, AK	$51,130	160	0.9
20	Morristown, TN	$51,000	100	2.2
21	Salem, OR	$50,800	210	1.1
22	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$50,560	3,410	1.3
23	Worcester, MA	$50,560	440	1.3
24	Rochester, MN	$50,070	250	2.1
25	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$49,970	1,490	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Emergency Medical Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.