Healthcare Practitioners
Paramedics
SOC 29-2043
Provide advanced emergency care and transport in the field.
The job
Median pay
$61k
$50k to $73k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+5.7% projected
Openings a year
4k
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
25/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
33rd pct
More exposed than 33% of occupations · modeled estimate · 24th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
62/100
Key skills
- Emergency care
- Composure
- Quick assessment
- Stamina
- Driving
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8,410 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $58k |
| Florida | 6,970 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $60k |
| New York | 6,110 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $73k |
| North Carolina | 5,660 | 1.1 | 1.8× | $57k |
| California | 5,190 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $75k |
| Pennsylvania | 4,750 | 0.8 | 1.2× | $61k |
| Illinois | 3,890 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $61k |
| Tennessee | 3,710 | 1.1 | 1.8× | $58k |
| Ohio | 3,600 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $51k |
| Missouri | 3,300 | 1.1 | 1.7× | $59k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 3,250 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $58k |
| Michigan | 2,750 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $52k |
| Indiana | 2,680 | 0.8 | 1.3× | $60k |
| South Carolina | 2,250 | 1.0 | 1.5× | $54k |
| Arizona | 2,200 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $59k |
| Colorado | 2,110 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $64k |
| Washington | 2,110 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $104k |
| Louisiana | 2,040 | 1.1 | 1.6× | $56k |
| Wisconsin | 1,990 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $60k |
| Virginia | 1,960 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $60k |
| Maryland | 1,910 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $67k |
| Massachusetts | 1,860 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $66k |
| Kentucky | 1,800 | 0.9 | 1.4× | $50k |
| Alabama | 1,700 | 0.8 | 1.2× | $49k |
| Minnesota | 1,690 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $76k |
| Oklahoma | 1,590 | 0.9 | 1.4× | $47k |
| Oregon | 1,210 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $75k |
| Arkansas | 1,170 | 0.9 | 1.4× | $50k |
| Iowa | 1,170 | 0.8 | 1.2× | $61k |
| Mississippi | 1,150 | 1.0 | 1.5× | $55k |
| West Virginia | 1,090 | 1.6 | 2.4× | $48k |
| Kansas | 1,030 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $51k |
| Connecticut | 1,000 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $77k |
| Utah | 960 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $65k |
| Nevada | 950 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $59k |
| New Mexico | 810 | 0.9 | 1.4× | $56k |
| New Jersey | 540 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $87k |
| Nebraska | 490 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $56k |
| Maine | 470 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $63k |
| Idaho | 440 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $60k |
| New Hampshire | 420 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $64k |
| Delaware | 340 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $64k |
| Alaska | 310 | 1.0 | 1.5× | $72k |
| Montana | 300 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $51k |
| South Dakota | 280 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $49k |
| Wyoming | 230 | 0.8 | 1.3× | $64k |
| North Dakota | 220 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $62k |
| Vermont | 190 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $60k |
| Rhode Island | 160 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $64k |
| Hawaii | 140 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $81k |
| Washington DC | 90 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $79k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,850 jobs · $80k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,560 jobs · $78k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,980 jobs · $60k median
- St. Louis, MO-IL1,890 jobs · $63k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,760 jobs · $69k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,650 jobs · $68k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,570 jobs · $60k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,490 jobs · $62k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Paramedics interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.