City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Emergency Medical Services

Agency file

Emergency Medical Services

Source file: Open Data BR — City-Parish Employee Salaries / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Emergency Medical Services provides fire protection and emergency response, including prevention, inspection, rescue, and medical aid.

In 2025, this agency had 269 employees with median total compensation of $68,590; the highest distinct record was $167,300.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $16.3M
Employees: 269
Median total: $68,590
Highest record: $167,300

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$166$118,805+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 269 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($68,590) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $43,655 (72%)
Overtime — $14,505 (24%)
Other — $2,300 (4%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$6,494

$34,963

$68,590

$81,749

$97,068

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $97,068 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $6,494. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

EMT Paramedic

82 · $71,531

EMT Basic

32 · $52,182

Emerg Communications Officer

26 · $69,782

EMS Unit Commander

25 · $88,579

Relief EMT Paramedic

21 · $8,391

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$17.1M —	286 —	$69,723 —
2025	$16.3M ▼ 5.0%	269 ▼ 5.9%	$68,590 ▼ 1.6%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Jacob Sanders

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$103,271

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $54,613
Overtime: $48,239
Other pay: $420
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $103,271
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1924
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 1,213.25
Unique ID: 0xFD13761883936B330AC1FB8C1E6E8462AB47DCDF

At Emergency Medical Services, Jacob Sanders serves as a EMT Paramedic within Ems-Operations. Their 2025 pay totaled $103,271.

Douglas Wetta

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$103,073

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $57,867
Overtime: $45,207
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $103,073
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1924
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 1,079.38
Unique ID: 0xE996ECEF144AD85A6FE97C43DF62316FED6AC6C1

Douglas Wetta holds the role of EMT Paramedic at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $103,073.

Harlon Bice

EMS Unit Commander/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$101,586

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $62,431
Overtime: $37,877
Other pay: $1,278
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $101,586

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1926
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $858
Total Overtime Hours: 1,166.5

Harlon Bice is a EMS Unit Commander at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $101,586.

Richard Naquin

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$101,508

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $61,779
Overtime: $38,582
Other pay: $1,147
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $101,508
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1924
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $727
Total Overtime Hours: 1,142.75

Richard Naquin holds the role of EMT Paramedic at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $101,508.

Shane Landry

EMS Unit Commander/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$100,895

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $63,613
Overtime: $35,404
Other pay: $1,878
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $100,895
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Refund: $305
Employee Reimbursement: $383
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1926
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Location Code: 5210

Shane Landry is a EMS Unit Commander at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $100,895.

Pamela Gilbert

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$100,713

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $59,352
Overtime: $39,061
Other pay: $2,300
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $100,713
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1924
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Adjustments: $115
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $1,764

At Emergency Medical Services, Pamela Gilbert serves as a EMT Paramedic within Ems-Operations. Their 2025 pay totaled $100,713.

Timothy Moyer

EMS Unit Commander/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$100,072

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $62,162
Overtime: $36,347
Other pay: $1,563
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $100,072
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Reimbursement: $176
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1926
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $967

Timothy Moyer works as a EMS Unit Commander for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. Timothy earned $100,072 in 2025.

Thomas Harris

EMS Shift Supervisor/Emergency Medical Services

2024 total comp

$100,068

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $43,351
Overtime: $6,358
Other pay: $50,359
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $100,068
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Reimbursement: $540
Employment End Date: Jul 8, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1930
Meal Allowance: $245
Pay Adjustments: $310

Thomas Harris works as a EMS Shift Supervisor for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. Thomas earned $100,068 in 2024.

Jeremy Torres

Chief EMS Operations Officer/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$99,333

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $76,760
Overtime: $21,832
Other pay: $740
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $99,333
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Reimbursement: $495
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1934
Meal Allowance: $245
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 424.5

Jeremy Torres is a Chief EMS Operations Officer at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $99,333.