Johnson County, Kansas / Paramedic
Role across Johnson County, Kansas
Paramedic
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
167 people hold the Paramedic role across 1 department in Johnson County, Kansas, with a median total compensation of $71,923. Among 5 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Johnson County, Kansas ranks #3 by median pay.
- Employees
- 167
- Median pay
- $71,923
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #3 of 5
Compared with the local labor market
Paramedic pay vs. the Kansas City, MO-KS area
Across all employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, the median wage for Paramedics — about 750 people — is $59,520. Johnson County, Kansas pays a median base salary of $75,667 for this role, 27% above that figure — about the 79th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Johnson County, Kansas sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Paramedics across every employer in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Johnson County, Kansas’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Paramedics — about 100,610 people — is $60,600. Johnson County, Kansas’s median base salary is 25% above that national figure, about the 78th 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 Kansas City, MO-KS range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 133 of 167 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Johnson County, Kansas is $71,923, 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 jurisdictions
Paramedic pay in other jurisdictions
Where Paramedics are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Paramedicroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.