City of Baltimore / Fire Department (461) / Emergency Medical Technician
Job-title file
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
30 employees hold this title in Fire Department (461). Median total compensation for the role is $41,980, below the department median of $85,187.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 30 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Emergency Medical Technicians — about 2,140 people — is $48,330. Fire Department (461) pays a median base salary of $45,286 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Emergency Medical Technicians across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fire Department (461)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Emergency Medical Technicians — about 180,510 people — is $44,470. Fire Department (461)’s median base salary is 2% above that national figure, about the 54th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 25 of 30 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Fire Department (461) is $41,980, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Emergency Medical Technician is held in 8 City of Baltimore departments. In Fire Department (461), the median of $41,980 ranks #6 of 8.
Median total compensation for the Emergency Medical Technician role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $42,535 ranks #1 of 2. See Emergency Medical Technician across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Emergency Medical Technician roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Record list
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Emergency Medical Technician/Fire Department (461)
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At Fire Department (461), Theresa Lavalley serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. They have served since 2015 (about 5 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $85,187.
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Damian Winston is a Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Their tenure dates to 2008, about 12 years. 2020 total compensation came to $83,287.
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Zakiayah Martin works as a Emergency Medical Technician for Fire Department (461). Their tenure dates to 2015, about 5 years. Zakiayah earned $82,752 in 2020.
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Lawrence Smart works as a Emergency Medical Technician for Fire Department (461). They have served since 2015 (about 5 years). Lawrence earned $65,497 in 2020.
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Lawrence Smart Iii is a Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). They have served since 2015 (about 4 years). 2019 total compensation came to $62,272.
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At Fire Department (461), Meaghan Atwell serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 5 years. Their 2020 pay totaled $55,406.
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At Fire Department (461), Stephen Pickett serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. They have served since 2015 (about 5 years). Their 2020 pay totaled $54,457.
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Warren Womack holds the role of Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). They have served since 2017 (about 3 years). In 2020, their total compensation was $54,316.
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Ashley Butler holds the role of Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Hired in 2016, they have about 4 years of service. In 2020, their total compensation was $52,620.
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Kenneth Harrod Jr is a Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Records show a hire date of -2208988800000. 2020 total compensation came to $51,166.
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Timothy Riley works as a Emergency Medical Technician for Fire Department (461). Hired in 2015, they have about 3 years of service. Timothy earned $49,544 in 2018.
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Alesha Parker holds the role of Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Their tenure dates to 2017, about 3 years. In 2020, their total compensation was $47,163.
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Heather Frend is a Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Their tenure dates to 2015, about a year. 2016 total compensation came to $45,286.
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At Fire Department (461), Kaseem Ali serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Hired in 2017, they have about a year of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $42,587.
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Matthew Stewart is a Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). They have served since 2015 (about 3 years). 2018 total compensation came to $42,485.
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At Fire Department (461), Anthony George serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 3 years. Their 2018 pay totaled $41,476.
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Mary Adkins is a Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Hired in 2018, they have about 2 years of service. 2020 total compensation came to $41,345.
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Theresa Williams holds the role of Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). They have served since 2016 (about 2 years). In 2018, their total compensation was $40,300.
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Joseph Lansey Jr works as a Emergency Medical Technician for Fire Department (461). Hired in 2015, they have about 2 years of service. Joseph earned $39,950 in 2017.
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At Fire Department (461), Kenyell Johnson serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Hired in 2017, they have about a year of service. Their 2018 pay totaled $37,490.
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At Fire Department (461), Maria Basilio serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 2 years. Their 2017 pay totaled $37,342.
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Steven Campbell holds the role of Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Hired in 2015, they have about a year of service. In 2016, their total compensation was $36,909.
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George Schroen Iii is a Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Hired in 2015, they have about a year of service. 2016 total compensation came to $35,288.
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Daniel Conte holds the role of Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Their tenure dates to 2015, about a year. In 2016, their total compensation was $34,139.
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Laura Connelly holds the role of Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). They have served since 2015 (about a year). In 2016, their total compensation was $33,390.
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At Fire Department (461), James Miller serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. They have served since 2015 (about a year). Their 2016 pay totaled $23,943.
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Daniel Kohner holds the role of Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Hired in 2015, they have about a year of service. In 2016, their total compensation was $23,275.
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At Fire Department (461), Joseph Heinze serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Hired in 2016, they have about 4 years of service. Their 2020 pay totaled $22,458.
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At Fire Department (461), Tracy Frank serves as a Emergency Medical Technician. Their tenure dates to 2019, about a year. Their 2020 pay totaled $21,891.
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Katrice Freamon is a Emergency Medical Technician at Fire Department (461). Hired in 2019, they have about a year of service. 2020 total compensation came to $20,987.