Well, That’s a Good Question…

In fact, in the November 13, 2003 issue of CBS MarketWatch, EMS was listed as one of ten most underpaid jobs in the US. The report, which was based upon information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported an average annual EMS salary of $25,450. The only professions in the survey that had lower salaries were restaurant dishwashers, consumer loan collection agents, preschool teachers and slaughterers and meatpackers.

Money quote from an old article by Bryan Bledsoe in JEMS magazine.

But hey, buck up little trooper!

We get paid in job satisfaction.

And chicks. Lots and lots of chicks*.

*85-year-old emphysema patients, usually.