Re: paramedics?

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Remember, though, that even " lesser trained " jobs can pay more due to

demand, or due to profits in that industry. A waiter/waitress at a

high-end white collar restaurant can make upwards of $300 on a

weekend night, so can a good bartender at a busy club. It's not

always about training, but about what people are willing to pay and

what value they percieve the service is worth.

Henry - my number figure here would be closer to $40,000 for an

experienced EMT-P w/etc. certs. For a brand new, never on the street

EMT-P (still with the tack-on certs), It'd be closer to $32,000 to

$36,000 a year plus at least a PPO option health care package

partially funded by the employer.

Mike

- [texasems-L] Re: paramedics?

I think that when people who work at Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, and many

other

places that are non-skilled jobs make more money than paramedics,

something

is wrong. There are many jobs that pay 12.00-20.00 per hour that

require no

schooling, no CE's, and practically no skill. It's wrong that we are

on the

bottom of the pay scale, earning not much above minimum wage. I

would not

put a dollar value on what i think paramedics are worth, but it is

much more

than we get now. There is absolutely no reason that firefighters and

cops

make more money for the same type job. It's easier to be a

firefighter than

a paramedic. That's why all the departments now want paramedics that

they'll

send through the fire academy. The attitude is anybody can pass the

fire

academy but not everybody can make it through paramedic school. We

should

have a pay scale that is at least comparable to that of the other

emergency

services.

Mike

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