Average Annual Salary

• An EMT professional earned an average hourly wage of $10.68 to $15.76, which equaled an annual salary of $22,214 to $32,781, based on a 40-hour workweek, according to 2011 Payscale.com data. Including overtime pay and bonuses, EMT workers earned average salaries of $23,376 to $34,075 per year. Additionally, 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics information indicates that the average EMT worker or paramedic earned a median hour wage of $14.10 per hour or $29,328 in annual salary, based on a 40-hour workweek. Also, according to 2008 data from Degreedirectory.org, an online reference site, EMT workers earned average annual salaries of $31,980. And EMTsalary.org lists the average annual salary ranges for EMT workers at $24,888 to $39,999.
  
  

Years of Experience

• An EMT professional's income can increase significantly with experience. For example, an EMT worker with less than one year of experience earned an annual salary of $24,433 to $30,933, per Payscale.com. EMT workers with one to four years of experience earned salaries of $26,262 to $40,770 per year. After five to nine years of experience, an EMT worker earned a salary of $29,892 to $45,663 per year. EMT workers with 10 to 19 years of experience had average annual salaries of $39,065 to $57,775. And after 20 or more years of experience, EMT professionals earned annual salaries between $34,548 and $59,578.
  
  

Salary by Certification

• EMT workers' salaries also varied according to their certification. For example, workers certified as EMT paramedics earned the highest annual salaries at $29,479 to $50,281, per Payscale.com. EMT workers certified in pediatric advanced life support, or PALS, earned salaries of $31,403 to $49,118. Additionally, EMT workers certified in advanced cardiac life support, or ACLS, earned average annual salaries of $30,610 to $48,600. And EMT workers who are just certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, earned salaries of $30,020 to $47,862 per year.
  
  

Salary by State

• EMT workers also earned higher salaries in certain states. For example, EMT workers earned the highest average salaries in Texas at $25,942 to $51,481, per Payscale.com. EMT workers earned annual salaries of $29,809 to $49,480 in Georgia. In Illinois, the average EMT worker earned a salary of $26,230 to $46,445 per year. And EMT professionals earned annual salaries of $29,297 to $45,500 and $27,469 to $45,456 in New York and California, respectively.