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

Jennifer Crochet

Relief EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$39,303

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $39,303
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $39,303
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 6715
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x815D37C48D9EE1DD73AC796A985C7770B9DA5DB6

At Emergency Medical Services, Jennifer Crochet serves as a Relief EMT Paramedic within Ems-Operations. Their 2025 pay totaled $39,303.

Elizabeth Cothran

EMT Basic/Emergency Medical Services

2024 total comp

$38,930

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $27,004
Overtime: $6,857
Other pay: $5,069
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $38,930
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment End Date: Aug 7, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1920
Meal Allowance: $280
Pay Location Code: 5210
Severance Pay: $728

At Emergency Medical Services, Elizabeth Cothran serves as a EMT Basic within Ems-Operations. Their 2024 pay totaled $38,930.

Cherry Harrell

Communications Security Spc/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$37,052

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $37,052
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $37,052
Middle name: A

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: 0xC9ECC30D06A346411E9B56CF2F6FB1E7EBCF5DB3

Cherry Harrell is a Communications Security Spc at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $37,052.

Chasity Shropshire

Administrative Specialist II/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$36,829

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $36,549
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $280
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $36,829
Middle name: B

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Reimbursement: $280
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 2020
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0xA29C19EC5920C28B0573B49277689555C6C84C0C

Chasity Shropshire holds the role of Administrative Specialist II at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $36,829.

Cameron Sheehan

EMT Basic/Emergency Medical Services

2024 total comp

$36,407

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $24,847
Overtime: $7,545
Other pay: $4,014
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $36,407
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1920
Meal Allowance: $280
Pay Location Code: 5210
Severance Pay: $66
Shift Differential Pay: $468

Cameron Sheehan is a EMT Basic at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2024 total compensation came to $36,407.

Erin Roth

EMT Basic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$34,963

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $28,397
Overtime: $6,174
Other pay: $392
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $34,963
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1920
Meal Allowance: $315
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $77
Total Overtime Hours: 226.72

Erin Roth holds the role of EMT Basic at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $34,963.