I live in illinois and i know the pay is crappy, but how crappy? It doesnt matter where you live im just wanting an average of peoples pay. Ive found national averages online but they date back to 2002. Just curious on current going rates.
2006-10-16 04:42:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
the other thing i dont understand, is you can get a job at the hospital running files which takes NO education NO schooling and is easy *** work and you get paid $12/hr for this. I really dont get why one job when your helping save lives pays you crap and another where you are doing meaningless work pays you well. i mean wtf. this world sux.
2006-10-16 05:01:07 · update #1
Where I work (in Alabama) paramedics get paid around 10.00 a hour + overtime, which works out to 30,000-35,000 a year. EMT's get paid 8.00 + overtime. I'd also like to mention that Alabama is well known for paying paramedics poorly. In most states, you tend to make more. In Louisiana, you can find a job as a paramedic making 16-18.00 an hour, + 10,000 signing bonus. In Mississippi, I've heard of paramedics earning up to 20.00 an hour.
The reason this profession pays so poorly: supply and demand, my friend. As long as there are adrenaline junkies that are willing to work for peanuts, then there will be lots of employers paying just that. In the areas where paramedics are in short supply, the pay goes up quite a bit. Also, it would really help if there were a national requirement for an associates degree. If higher education was the standard, then both our pay and our respect from other medical professions would increase.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-16 14:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by rita_alabama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, EMT pay is always low and always will be. It's a factor of Supply and Demand. Being and EMT is a high profile, adreniline filled job. The young men and womend find it to be an easy job to get into and the education requirements are pretty low considering that you can take a short class and become a level 1 and start work immediately and then work up the remaining levels.
As long as it remains exciting (and it will) and the education requirements will remain low (and it will) the pay rates will remain low. This is unfortunate, but it's how the real world works.
You can probably expect the going rates to be about twice that of minimum wage to less than 3 times minimum wage for an experience Paramedic (highest level of EMT).
2006-10-16 11:50:10 · answer #2 · answered by wrkey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋