Paramedics · SOC 29-2043

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Paramedicss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for paramedics. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 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 266 metro areas

Paramedics: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$123,310	750	0.4
2	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$120,260	100	0.8
3	Bellingham, WA	$119,970	70	0.7
4	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$119,700	80	0.9
5	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$109,620	70	1.3
6	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$101,250	80	0.6
7	Redding, CA	$88,740	40	0.6
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$84,480	110	0.1
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$83,090	780	0.3
10	Ogden, UT	$82,650	50	0.2
11	Coeur d'Alene, ID	$82,310	40	0.5
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$82,060	140	0.3
13	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$81,430	390	0.4
14	Salinas, CA	$80,710	50	0.3
15	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$80,590	60	0.2
16	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$79,550	3,850	0.4
17	New Haven, CT	$79,440	230	0.8
18	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$79,400	170	0.7
19	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$78,950	260	1.0
20	Port St. Lucie, FL	$78,570	310	1.8
21	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$78,000	140	0.9
22	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$77,670	2,560	0.6
23	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$77,600	130	1.0
24	Salem, OR	$77,460	180	0.9
25	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$77,430	820	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Paramedics 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.