Pay distribution $38,920 10th $43,730 25th $62,990 75th $77,130 90th
Half of Emergency Medical Technicians in the Modesto metro area earn more than $47,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,730 and $62,990.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $38,920 $43,730 $47,160 $62,990 $77,130 Hourly $18.71 $21.02 $22.67 $30.28 $37.08
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Modesto metro areathis metro area
$47,160 median for Modesto metro area; middle half earns $43,730 to $62,990
$46,380 median for California; middle half earns $42,610 to $59,180
$44,470 median for United States; middle half earns $37,960 to $50,100
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs California overall and +6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $37,280 $52,720 $68,160 Ponce, PR — $21,840 Tulsa, OK — $28,350 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,330 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $31,610 Longview, TX — $32,290 Beckley, WV — $32,590 Charleston, WV — $32,850 Dothan, AL — $32,920 Morgantown, WV — $32,950 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $33,150 Homosassa Springs, FL — $33,610 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $33,620 Victoria, TX — $33,770 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $33,820 El Paso, TX — $33,820 Eagle Pass, TX — $33,980 Monroe, LA — $34,230 Niles, MI — $34,640 Jonesboro, AR — $34,680 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $34,680 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $34,750 Hot Springs, AR — $34,830 Lubbock, TX — $35,130 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $35,180 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $35,250 Wheeling, WV-OH — $35,250 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $35,260 Johnstown, PA — $35,300 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,550 Waco, TX — $35,550 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $35,630 Oklahoma City, OK — $35,630 Alexandria, LA — $35,680 Springfield, OH — $35,740 Chambersburg, PA — $35,800 Lincoln, NE — $35,820 Decatur, AL — $36,030 Baton Rouge, LA — $36,050 Duluth, MN-WI — $36,050 Corpus Christi, TX — $36,120 Lake Charles, LA — $36,260 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,290 Amarillo, TX — $36,300 Wichita Falls, TX — $36,370 Johnson City, TN — $36,620 Bend, OR — $36,630 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,680 Las Cruces, NM — $36,740 Jefferson City, MO — $36,770 Jackson, MS — $36,800 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $36,800 Wichita, KS — $36,860 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,900 Farmington, NM — $37,020 Laredo, TX — $37,040 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $37,080 Paducah, KY-IL — $37,140 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,160 Hattiesburg, MS — $37,390 Tuscaloosa, AL — $37,390 Tyler, TX — $37,410 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $37,440 Evansville, IN — $37,440 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,440 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,530 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,590 Bowling Green, KY — $37,600 Ogden, UT — $37,630 Sumter, SC — $37,630 Erie, PA — $37,650 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $37,680 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $37,680 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,720 State College, PA — $37,800 Flagstaff, AZ — $37,840 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $37,840 Peoria, IL — $37,870 Sandusky, OH — $37,880 Sherman-Denison, TX — $37,880 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,900 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,940 Bloomington, IN — $37,970 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,000 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,020 Twin Falls, ID — $38,130 Missoula, MT — $38,190 Abilene, TX — $38,290 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $38,320 Knoxville, TN — $38,330 Flint, MI — $38,380 Columbus, GA-AL — $38,400 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $38,440 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $38,470 Ocala, FL — $38,480 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,510 Billings, MT — $38,570 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,620 Springfield, IL — $38,650 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $38,680 Fresno, CA — $38,740 Tucson, AZ — $38,820 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,830 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,890 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,900 Birmingham, AL — $38,920 Traverse City, MI — $38,950 Topeka, KS — $38,960 Tallahassee, FL — $39,020 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $39,070 Boise City, ID — $39,120 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,120 Jacksonville, FL — $39,120 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $39,150 Wausau, WI — $39,150 Fargo, ND-MN — $39,160 Jackson, TN — $39,180 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $39,220 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,310 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $39,400 Florence, SC — $39,440 Rapid City, SD — $39,440 Mobile, AL — $39,490 Warner Robins, GA — $39,490 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $39,500 Visalia, CA — $39,530 Gainesville, FL — $39,560 Williamsport, PA — $39,560 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $39,580 York-Hanover, PA — $39,580 Joplin, MO-KS — $39,670 Charlottesville, VA — $39,760 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $39,830 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $39,830 El Centro, CA — $39,840 Toledo, OH — $39,850 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $39,910 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $39,940 Spartanburg, SC — $39,980 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $40,100 Cedar Rapids, IA — $40,160 Santa Fe, NM — $40,190 Albuquerque, NM — $40,270 Port St. Lucie, FL — $40,310 Montgomery, AL — $40,440 Pueblo, CO — $40,460 Rocky Mount, NC — $40,480 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $40,700 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $40,770 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $41,000 Bloomington, IL — $41,070 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $41,170 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $41,190 Dubuque, IA — $41,260 Savannah, GA — $41,320 Omaha, NE-IA — $41,350 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $41,390 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $41,410 Columbus, OH — $41,520 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,580 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $41,670 Kokomo, IN — $41,670 Roanoke, VA — $41,690 Ithaca, NY — $41,710 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $41,710 St. Louis, MO-IL — $41,910 Ann Arbor, MI — $42,010 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $42,050 Columbia, SC — $42,290 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $42,310 Akron, OH — $42,440 Lebanon, PA — $42,440 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,470 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $42,500 Fort Wayne, IN — $42,640 Kansas City, MO-KS — $42,670 Salisbury, MD — $42,670 Binghamton, NY — $42,720 Glens Falls, NY — $42,790 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $42,990 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $42,990 Utica-Rome, NY — $43,060 Reno, NV — $43,220 Pittsburgh, PA — $43,240 Canton-Massillon, OH — $43,270 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $43,280 Greeley, CO — $43,300 Rochester, NY — $43,330 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $43,380 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $43,450 Yuba City, CA — $43,470 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,500 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $43,500 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $43,540 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $43,620 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,660 Asheville, NC — $43,690 Springfield, MO — $43,700 Columbia, MO — $43,980 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,020 Syracuse, NY — $44,090 Reading, PA — $44,100 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $44,120 Madison, WI — $44,130 Midland, TX — $44,140 Lancaster, PA — $44,200 Greenville, NC — $44,220 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,250 College Station-Bryan, TX — $44,420 Cleveland, OH — $44,480 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,630 Boulder, CO — $44,660 Bangor, ME — $44,810 Winston-Salem, NC — $44,860 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $45,060 Dover, DE — $45,060 Albany, GA — $45,070 Green Bay, WI — $45,080 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $45,090 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $45,190 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,210 Kingston, NY — $45,280 Pittsfield, MA — $45,330 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,550 Springfield, MA — $45,600 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $45,710 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,740 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,750 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $45,750 Rockford, IL — $45,760 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $45,780 Grand Junction, CO — $45,860 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,900 Ames, IA — $46,000 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,020 Colorado Springs, CO — $46,180 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $46,200 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,220 Fayetteville, NC — $46,300 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,320 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,330 Eau Claire, WI — $46,440 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $46,480 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,690 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $46,850 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $47,060 Appleton, WI — $47,130 Modesto, CA — $47,160 Richmond, VA — $47,290 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $47,310 Salinas, CA — $47,370 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,500 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,560 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,660 Gainesville, GA — $47,710 Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,780 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,790 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,990 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $48,210 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $48,220 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $48,230 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $48,250 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $48,320 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,330 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $48,400 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,440 Medford, OR — $48,460 Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,480 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $48,510 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,880 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $48,890 Fond du Lac, WI — $49,160 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,160 Burlington, NC — $49,180 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,250 Napa, CA — $49,340 Sheboygan, WI — $49,490 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,550 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $49,870 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,970 Rochester, MN — $50,070 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $50,560 Worcester, MA — $50,560 Salem, OR — $50,800 Morristown, TN — $51,000 Anchorage, AK — $51,130 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $51,480 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,760 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $51,970 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $52,010 Iowa City, IA — $52,210 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $52,440 Vineland, NJ — $52,890 New Haven, CT — $53,440 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $53,820 Wilmington, NC — $53,850 Bismarck, ND — $53,940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $54,650 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $54,990 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $55,700 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $56,430 Redding, CA — $60,120 Urban Honolulu, HI — $67,050 Lexington Park, MD — $68,160 Modesto metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Modesto metro area has the 57th-highest published median for this occupation among the 303 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for emergency medical technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Modesto metro areathis page
$47,160 median for Modesto metro area; middle half earns $43,730 to $62,990
$60,120 median for Redding metro area; middle half earns $35,020 to $62,190
$54,650 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $48,260 to $79,160
$51,970 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $45,660 to $63,630
$51,480 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $46,380 to $71,810
$49,550 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $43,340 to $78,260
$49,340 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $47,870 to $51,620
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .