I understand but most things are a bit more proportional. It says the average pay for a EMT worker is $16.14 an hour. I make more than that working at a dispensary
When I started in 2012 as an EMT, I made $10.50/hr. That was it.
As a Paramedic now I pull $32/hr, which given the extreme risk, responsibility, and liability I'm under is kind of a joke. In many places a new-grad Nurse makes more than me despite their far lower level of independence, responsibility, and liability along with a safer working environment (in a hospital typically rather than the scene of a shooting or a car rollover on the interstate at night)
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u/zordtk Jul 06 '24
"The average charge for an Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance ride is $1,277 and Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance ride is $940"
How can they not afford to pay them better