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Paramedics · SOC 29-2043

Paramedics Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$83,090
Median hourly wage$39.95

Paramedics in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $83,090 per year ($39.95 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $63,450 at the 10th percentile to $127,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 780 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Paramedics in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $83,090 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $79,180 and $104,520.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$63,450$79,180$83,090$104,520$127,990
Hourly$30.51$38.07$39.95$50.25$61.54

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $83,090
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $74,590
  • United Statesnational
    $60,600

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

The median here is +11% vs California overall and +37% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$24,090$57,163$90,237$123,310Ponce, PR — $24,090Aguadilla, PR — $26,880Mayaguez, PR — $29,690San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $31,040Dothan, AL — $39,180Mobile, AL — $39,840Charleston, WV — $43,110Jonesboro, AR — $43,660Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $43,750Anniston-Oxford, AL — $44,860Ocala, FL — $45,150Sandusky, OH — $45,230Sherman-Denison, TX — $45,230Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $46,080Laredo, TX — $46,180Hinesville, GA — $46,220Wichita Falls, TX — $46,550Tulsa, OK — $46,790Youngstown-Warren, OH — $46,990Flint, MI — $47,020Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $47,060Columbus, OH — $47,130Bowling Green, KY — $47,260Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $47,280Longview, TX — $47,350Homosassa Springs, FL — $47,390Fort Smith, AR-OK — $47,410Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,570Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $47,600Springfield, OH — $47,660McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $47,670Corpus Christi, TX — $47,740Rapid City, SD — $47,810Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $47,840Johnstown, PA — $47,850Jefferson City, MO — $48,080Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $48,110Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $48,150Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $48,420Decatur, AL — $48,540Oklahoma City, OK — $48,770Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $48,780Manhattan, KS — $48,950Lubbock, TX — $49,170Johnson City, TN — $49,250Monroe, LA — $49,270Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,320Morgantown, WV — $49,370Peoria, IL — $49,440Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $49,460Joplin, MO-KS — $49,480Columbus, GA-AL — $49,610Williamsport, PA — $49,610Wheeling, WV-OH — $49,700Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $49,830Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $49,880Champaign-Urbana, IL — $50,100Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $50,150Tuscaloosa, AL — $50,310Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $50,470Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $50,550Albany, GA — $50,930Florence, SC — $50,950Wichita, KS — $51,020Knoxville, TN — $51,130Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $51,250Spartanburg, SC — $51,360Jackson, TN — $51,550Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $51,650Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $51,650Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $51,660Gainesville, GA — $51,790Midland, TX — $51,850Macon-Bibb County, GA — $51,930Alexandria, LA — $51,940Warner Robins, GA — $52,070Akron, OH — $52,370Amarillo, TX — $52,390Rocky Mount, NC — $52,470Billings, MT — $52,600Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $52,760Columbia, SC — $53,160Greenville, NC — $53,210Chattanooga, TN-GA — $53,220Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $53,310Canton-Massillon, OH — $53,320Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $53,400Savannah, GA — $53,420Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $53,550Baton Rouge, LA — $53,820Birmingham, AL — $53,820Erie, PA — $53,820Hattiesburg, MS — $53,820Paducah, KY-IL — $53,980College Station-Bryan, TX — $54,030El Paso, TX — $54,260Abilene, TX — $54,370Victoria, TX — $54,370Glens Falls, NY — $54,480San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $54,700Cedar Rapids, IA — $55,130Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $55,230Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $55,760Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $56,070Omaha, NE-IA — $56,130Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $56,200Toledo, OH — $56,230Tallahassee, FL — $57,250Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $57,410Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $57,720Winston-Salem, NC — $58,110Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $58,190Ann Arbor, MI — $58,380Waco, TX — $58,390Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $58,520Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,560Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $58,600Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $58,610Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $58,770North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $58,860Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $58,950Greensboro-High Point, NC — $58,980Roanoke, VA — $59,020Montgomery, AL — $59,090Evansville, IN — $59,100Traverse City, MI — $59,140Fort Wayne, IN — $59,160New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,210Eau Claire, WI — $59,220Springfield, MO — $59,230La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $59,280Albuquerque, NM — $59,330Madison, WI — $59,440Kansas City, MO-KS — $59,520Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $59,660York-Hanover, PA — $59,710Flagstaff, AZ — $59,740Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $59,770Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $59,870Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $59,910Lancaster, PA — $59,990Duluth, MN-WI — $60,010Reading, PA — $60,050Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,090Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $60,130Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,140Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $60,300Clarksville, TN-KY — $60,330Boise City, ID — $60,380Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $60,390Cleveland, OH — $60,490Terre Haute, IN — $60,520Winchester, VA-WV — $60,600Jacksonville, FL — $60,800Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,820Jackson, MS — $60,850Utica-Rome, NY — $60,990Manchester-Nashua, NH — $61,060Wilmington, NC — $61,060Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $61,320Tucson, AZ — $61,410Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,430Boulder, CO — $61,450Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,660Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,770Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $61,830Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $61,830Lafayette, LA — $61,880Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $61,890Pittsburgh, PA — $61,900Gainesville, FL — $61,920Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $61,940Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $61,980Grand Junction, CO — $62,000Topeka, KS — $62,050Fargo, ND-MN — $62,320Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $62,350Ames, IA — $62,920Rochester, NY — $62,940Yuma, AZ — $63,040St. Louis, MO-IL — $63,050South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $63,200Lexington-Fayette, KY — $63,210Colorado Springs, CO — $63,360Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $63,370Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $63,450Asheville, NC — $63,480Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $63,520Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $63,660Syracuse, NY — $63,700Richmond, VA — $63,750Visalia, CA — $63,840Charlottesville, VA — $63,870Lincoln, NE — $63,900Eugene-Springfield, OR — $63,940Merced, CA — $64,100Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,120Janesville-Beloit, WI — $64,210Mansfield, OH — $64,220Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $64,310Worcester, MA — $64,400Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $64,680Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,730Pittsfield, MA — $64,750Reno, NV — $64,750Green Bay, WI — $64,810Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $64,970Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $65,090Raleigh-Cary, NC — $65,220Bangor, ME — $65,300Pueblo, CO — $65,310Kenosha, WI — $65,350Anchorage, AK — $65,630Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $65,710Portland-South Portland, ME — $65,960Iowa City, IA — $66,090Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $66,330Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $66,370Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $66,460Greeley, CO — $66,830Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $66,830Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $67,290Salisbury, MD — $68,150Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $68,160Fayetteville, NC — $68,220Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $68,640Sheboygan, WI — $68,810Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $69,050San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $70,630Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $71,390Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $71,440Modesto, CA — $72,170Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $72,520Barnstable Town, MA — $73,570San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $73,930Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $74,080Lexington Park, MD — $74,900Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $74,900Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $75,190Santa Fe, NM — $75,660Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $76,810Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $77,430Salem, OR — $77,460Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $77,600Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $77,670Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $78,000Port St. Lucie, FL — $78,570Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $78,950Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $79,400New Haven, CT — $79,440New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $79,550Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $80,590Salinas, CA — $80,710Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $81,430Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $82,060Coeur d'Alene, ID — $82,310Ogden, UT — $82,650San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $83,090San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $84,480Redding, CA — $88,740Kennewick-Richland, WA — $101,250Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $109,620Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $119,700Bellingham, WA — $119,970Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $120,260Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $123,310

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 San Francisco metro area has the 9th-highest published median for this occupation among the 266 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 paramedics, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $83,090
  • Redding metro area
    $88,740
  • San Jose metro area
    $84,480
  • Sacramento metro area
    $81,430
  • Salinas metro area
    $80,710
  • Oxnard metro area
    $80,590
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $74,900

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

Keep exploring

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

Registered Nurses$186,610Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$94,310Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$84,130Pharmacy Technicians$60,550Dental Hygienists$146,760Pharmacists$177,410

Highest-paying metro areas for paramedicss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco Metro

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.