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

Jon-David Piazza

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$23,577

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $19,874
Overtime: $3,413
Other pay: $290
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $23,577

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1924
Meal Allowance: $175
Pay Adjustments: $115
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 81.25

At Emergency Medical Services, Jon-David Piazza serves as a EMT Paramedic within Ems-Operations. Their 2025 pay totaled $23,577.

Alaina Gaudin

Relief EMT Basic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$23,553

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $23,553
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $23,553

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 6700
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0xE1FF732F0EC0F1CE7338C8927CB7D77150AE79B4

Alaina Gaudin holds the role of Relief EMT Basic at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $23,553.

Andrew Larson

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$23,227

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $17,268
Overtime: $2,588
Other pay: $3,371
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $23,227
Middle name: B

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment End Date: Apr 4, 2025
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1924
Meal Allowance: $140
Pay Adjustments: $325
Pay Location Code: 5210

Andrew Larson holds the role of EMT Paramedic at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $23,227.

Patrick Kennedy

Relief EMT Basic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$22,963

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $22,963
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $22,963
Middle name: B

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 6700
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x7C52E831655E894001DCF329E5E927CBEC8C840C

Patrick Kennedy is a Relief EMT Basic at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $22,963.

Bria Hunt

Emerg Communications Officer/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$22,602

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $17,884
Overtime: $3,699
Other pay: $1,019
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $22,602
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment End Date: Sep 3, 2025
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1942
Meal Allowance: $175
Pay Location Code: 5210
Severance Pay: $605

Bria Hunt holds the role of Emerg Communications Officer at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $22,602.

Scott Nation

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$22,401

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $17,587
Overtime: $4,370
Other pay: $444
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $22,401
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1924
Meal Allowance: $140
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $304
Total Overtime Hours: 155

At Emergency Medical Services, Scott Nation serves as a EMT Paramedic within Ems-Operations. Their 2025 pay totaled $22,401.

Brandy Tetlow

Emerg Communications Officer/Emergency Medical Services

2024 total comp

$22,283

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $18,541
Overtime: $2,905
Other pay: $838
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $22,283
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment End Date: Jun 26, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1942
Meal Allowance: $175
Pay Location Code: 5210
Severance Pay: $435

Brandy Tetlow is a Emerg Communications Officer at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2024 total compensation came to $22,283.

Adele Coburn

Relief EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$21,987

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $17,911
Overtime: $3,796
Other pay: $280
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $21,987
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 6715
Meal Allowance: $140
Pay Adjustments: $108
Pay Location Code: 5210
Severance Pay: $32

At Emergency Medical Services, Adele Coburn serves as a Relief EMT Paramedic within Ems-Operations. Their 2025 pay totaled $21,987.

Johnia Washington

EMT Basic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$21,900

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $17,505
Overtime: $3,704
Other pay: $691
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $21,900
Middle name: R

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment End Date: May 18, 2025
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1920
Meal Allowance: $210
Pay Location Code: 5210
Severance Pay: $7

Johnia Washington works as a EMT Basic for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. Johnia earned $21,900 in 2025.

Breanna Cowell

Emerg Communications Officer/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$21,072

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $17,996
Overtime: $2,648
Other pay: $428
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $21,072
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1942
Meal Allowance: $140
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $288
Total Overtime Hours: 88

Breanna Cowell works as a Emerg Communications Officer for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. Breanna earned $21,072 in 2025.

Laquita Lewis

Communications Security Spc/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$20,025

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $20,025
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $20,025
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 2104
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x9120E67DD0E237BB77B6CB26C8C934ECE8013D49

Laquita Lewis works as a Communications Security Spc for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. Laquita earned $20,025 in 2025.