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

Stacy Hannon

Emerg Community Chief of Operations/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$88,912

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $88,264
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $649
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $88,912
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Reimbursement: $308
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1948
Pay Adjustments: $341
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 0

Stacy Hannon holds the role of Emerg Community Chief of Operations at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $88,912.

Joseph Desoto

EMS Unit Commander/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$88,579

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $62,255
Overtime: $24,762
Other pay: $1,562
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $88,579
Middle name: O

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Reimbursement: $220
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1926
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Adjustments: $124
Pay Location Code: 5210

Joseph Desoto is a EMS Unit Commander at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $88,579.

Otha Schamburg

EMT Training Officer/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$87,812

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $86,635
Overtime: $500
Other pay: $677
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $87,812
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Reimbursement: $677
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1940
Pay Location Code: 5210
Total Overtime Hours: 8
Unique ID: 0x73121A89C6113B175EE083B001A5175876D2B470

Otha Schamburg works as a EMT Training Officer for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. Otha earned $87,812 in 2025.

James Barnett

EMS Unit Commander/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$87,620

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $64,730
Overtime: $22,294
Other pay: $596
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $87,620
Middle name: F

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
Total Overtime Hours: 468

James Barnett works as a EMS Unit Commander for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. James earned $87,620 in 2025.

Zachary Anderson

EMS Unit Commander/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$86,532

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $63,962
Overtime: $21,273
Other pay: $1,298
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $86,532
Middle name: T

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: $878
Total Overtime Hours: 603

Zachary Anderson holds the role of EMS Unit Commander at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $86,532.

Kyle Miestchovich

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$86,178

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $55,220
Overtime: $30,092
Other pay: $866
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $86,178
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1924
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Adjustments: $434
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $12

Kyle Miestchovich holds the role of EMT Paramedic at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $86,178.

Nicholas Campo

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$86,125

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $56,996
Overtime: $28,710
Other pay: $420
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $86,125
Middle name: P

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: 679
Unique ID: 0x917BC7C0515CCE7279E370A223FD3A975C6C4C26

Nicholas Campo works as a EMT Paramedic for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. Nicholas earned $86,125 in 2025.

Breanna David

Advanced EMT/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$86,065

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $49,188
Overtime: $35,722
Other pay: $1,155
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $86,065
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1922
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $735
Total Overtime Hours: 1,450.5

Breanna David holds the role of Advanced EMT at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $86,065.

Terrence Korenev

EMT Paramedic/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$85,590

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $56,024
Overtime: $29,147
Other pay: $420
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $85,590
Middle name: K

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: 717.25
Unique ID: 0x514732BBEFE1E6F77F19786AEC1BF2B36B906D6B

Terrence Korenev works as a EMT Paramedic for Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. Terrence earned $85,590 in 2025.

Kayla Wolf

Emerg Communications Officer/Emergency Medical Services

2025 total comp

$85,419

Sub-department: Ems-Operations
Base pay: $58,586
Overtime: $24,501
Other pay: $2,333
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $85,419
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5200
Employee Refund: $644
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 1942
Meal Allowance: $420
Pay Location Code: 5210
Shift Differential Pay: $1,269

Kayla Wolf is a Emerg Communications Officer at Emergency Medical Services within Ems-Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $85,419.