Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Ambulance Drivers and Attendants
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Ambulance Drivers and Attendants with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $20,660 to $23,620 per year or $10 to $11 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Ambulance Drivers and Attendants to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $20 | $41,440 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $16 | $32,880 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $13 | $27,930 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $11 | $23,620 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $10 | $20,660 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| CA | $20 | $40,930 |
| AZ | $18 | $37,140 |
| NY | $17 | $34,540 |
| WA | $17 | $34,510 |
| MD | $16 | $33,860 |
| GA | $16 | $33,230 |
| MI | $16 | $33,030 |
| PA | $16 | $32,920 |
| MA | $16 | $32,410 |
| OK | $16 | $32,240 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as an Ambulance Driver and Attendant is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Ambulance Drivers are in the states of CA, AZ, NY, WA and MD.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | $39850 | $19.16 |
| Local Government | $34780 | $16.72 |
| Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation | $34300 | $16.49 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $31200 | $15.00 |
| Offices of Physicians | $31070 | $14.94 |
| Home Health Care Services | $31030 | $14.92 |
| Facilities Support Services | $30730 | $14.77 |
| Outpatient Care Centers | $30100 | $14.47 |
| Other Ambulatory Health Care Services | $28730 | $13.81 |
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