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Emergency Medical Technicians · SOC 29-2042

Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$49,250
Median hourly wage$23.68

Emergency Medical Technicians in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $49,250 per year ($23.68 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,310 at the 10th percentile to $68,590 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,730 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Emergency Medical Technicians in the Washington metro area earn more than $49,250 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,680 and $60,360.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,310$44,680$49,250$60,360$68,590
Hourly$18.90$21.48$23.68$29.02$32.98

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.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $49,250
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $46,650
  • United Statesnational
    $44,470

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +6% vs District of Columbia overall and +11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,840$37,280$52,720$68,160Ponce, PR — $21,840Tulsa, OK — $28,350San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,330Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $31,610Longview, TX — $32,290Beckley, WV — $32,590Charleston, WV — $32,850Dothan, AL — $32,920Morgantown, WV — $32,950Anniston-Oxford, AL — $33,150Homosassa Springs, FL — $33,610McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $33,620Victoria, TX — $33,770Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $33,820El Paso, TX — $33,820Eagle Pass, TX — $33,980Monroe, LA — $34,230Niles, MI — $34,640Jonesboro, AR — $34,680Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $34,680Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $34,750Hot Springs, AR — $34,830Lubbock, TX — $35,130New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $35,180Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $35,250Wheeling, WV-OH — $35,250Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $35,260Johnstown, PA — $35,300Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,550Waco, TX — $35,550Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $35,630Oklahoma City, OK — $35,630Alexandria, LA — $35,680Springfield, OH — $35,740Chambersburg, PA — $35,800Lincoln, NE — $35,820Decatur, AL — $36,030Baton Rouge, LA — $36,050Duluth, MN-WI — $36,050Corpus Christi, TX — $36,120Lake Charles, LA — $36,260Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,290Amarillo, TX — $36,300Wichita Falls, TX — $36,370Johnson City, TN — $36,620Bend, OR — $36,630Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,680Las Cruces, NM — $36,740Jefferson City, MO — $36,770Jackson, MS — $36,800Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $36,800Wichita, KS — $36,860Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,900Farmington, NM — $37,020Laredo, TX — $37,040Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $37,080Paducah, KY-IL — $37,140San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,160Hattiesburg, MS — $37,390Tuscaloosa, AL — $37,390Tyler, TX — $37,410Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $37,440Evansville, IN — $37,440Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,440Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,530Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,590Bowling Green, KY — $37,600Ogden, UT — $37,630Sumter, SC — $37,630Erie, PA — $37,650Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $37,680Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $37,680Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,720State College, PA — $37,800Flagstaff, AZ — $37,840Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $37,840Peoria, IL — $37,870Sandusky, OH — $37,880Sherman-Denison, TX — $37,880Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,900Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,940Bloomington, IN — $37,970Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,000Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,020Twin Falls, ID — $38,130Missoula, MT — $38,190Abilene, TX — $38,290Janesville-Beloit, WI — $38,320Knoxville, TN — $38,330Flint, MI — $38,380Columbus, GA-AL — $38,400Athens-Clarke County, GA — $38,440Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $38,470Ocala, FL — $38,480Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,510Billings, MT — $38,570Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,620Springfield, IL — $38,650St. Joseph, MO-KS — $38,680Fresno, CA — $38,740Tucson, AZ — $38,820Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $38,830Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,890Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,900Birmingham, AL — $38,920Traverse City, MI — $38,950Topeka, KS — $38,960Tallahassee, FL — $39,020Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $39,070Boise City, ID — $39,120Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,120Jacksonville, FL — $39,120Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $39,150Wausau, WI — $39,150Fargo, ND-MN — $39,160Jackson, TN — $39,180Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $39,220Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,310Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $39,400Florence, SC — $39,440Rapid City, SD — $39,440Mobile, AL — $39,490Warner Robins, GA — $39,490Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $39,500Visalia, CA — $39,530Gainesville, FL — $39,560Williamsport, PA — $39,560Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $39,580York-Hanover, PA — $39,580Joplin, MO-KS — $39,670Charlottesville, VA — $39,760Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $39,830Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $39,830El Centro, CA — $39,840Toledo, OH — $39,850Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $39,910Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $39,940Spartanburg, SC — $39,980Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $40,100Cedar Rapids, IA — $40,160Santa Fe, NM — $40,190Albuquerque, NM — $40,270Port St. Lucie, FL — $40,310Montgomery, AL — $40,440Pueblo, CO — $40,460Rocky Mount, NC — $40,480Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $40,700Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $40,770Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $41,000Bloomington, IL — $41,070South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $41,170Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $41,190Dubuque, IA — $41,260Savannah, GA — $41,320Omaha, NE-IA — $41,350Chattanooga, TN-GA — $41,390Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $41,410Columbus, OH — $41,520Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,580Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $41,670Kokomo, IN — $41,670Roanoke, VA — $41,690Ithaca, NY — $41,710Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $41,710St. Louis, MO-IL — $41,910Ann Arbor, MI — $42,010Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $42,050Columbia, SC — $42,290Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $42,310Akron, OH — $42,440Lebanon, PA — $42,440Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,470Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $42,500Fort Wayne, IN — $42,640Kansas City, MO-KS — $42,670Salisbury, MD — $42,670Binghamton, NY — $42,720Glens Falls, NY — $42,790Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $42,990Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $42,990Utica-Rome, NY — $43,060Reno, NV — $43,220Pittsburgh, PA — $43,240Canton-Massillon, OH — $43,270Eugene-Springfield, OR — $43,280Greeley, CO — $43,300Rochester, NY — $43,330Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $43,380Stockton-Lodi, CA — $43,450Yuba City, CA — $43,470Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,500Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $43,500Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $43,540San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $43,620Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,660Asheville, NC — $43,690Springfield, MO — $43,700Columbia, MO — $43,980Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,020Syracuse, NY — $44,090Reading, PA — $44,100Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $44,120Madison, WI — $44,130Midland, TX — $44,140Lancaster, PA — $44,200Greenville, NC — $44,220Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,250College Station-Bryan, TX — $44,420Cleveland, OH — $44,480Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,630Boulder, CO — $44,660Bangor, ME — $44,810Winston-Salem, NC — $44,860Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $45,060Dover, DE — $45,060Albany, GA — $45,070Green Bay, WI — $45,080Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $45,090San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $45,190Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,210Kingston, NY — $45,280Pittsfield, MA — $45,330Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,550Springfield, MA — $45,600Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $45,710Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,740Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,750Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $45,750Rockford, IL — $45,760Macon-Bibb County, GA — $45,780Grand Junction, CO — $45,860Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,900Ames, IA — $46,000Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,020Colorado Springs, CO — $46,180La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $46,200Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,220Fayetteville, NC — $46,300Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,320Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,330Eau Claire, WI — $46,440Kennewick-Richland, WA — $46,480North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,690Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $46,850Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $47,060Appleton, WI — $47,130Modesto, CA — $47,160Richmond, VA — $47,290Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $47,310Salinas, CA — $47,370Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,500Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,560Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,660Gainesville, GA — $47,710Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,780Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,790Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,990Auburn-Opelika, AL — $48,210Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $48,220Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $48,230Manchester-Nashua, NH — $48,250Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $48,320Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,330Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $48,400Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,440Medford, OR — $48,460Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,480Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $48,510Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,880Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $48,890Fond du Lac, WI — $49,160Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,160Burlington, NC — $49,180Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,250Napa, CA — $49,340Sheboygan, WI — $49,490Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,550Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $49,870Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,970Rochester, MN — $50,070Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $50,560Worcester, MA — $50,560Salem, OR — $50,800Morristown, TN — $51,000Anchorage, AK — $51,130San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $51,480Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,760Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $51,970Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $52,010Iowa City, IA — $52,210Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $52,440Vineland, NJ — $52,890New Haven, CT — $53,440New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $53,820Wilmington, NC — $53,850Bismarck, ND — $53,940San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $54,650Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $54,990Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $55,700Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $56,430Redding, CA — $60,120Urban Honolulu, HI — $67,050Lexington Park, MD — $68,160

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 Washington metro area has the 30th-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”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$102,710Physicians, All Other$208,710Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$75,860Pharmacy Technicians$46,660Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other$166,230Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$70,300

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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.

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.