Orange paramedic and EMT salary, 2025

Orange is a city in Orange County. 31 people worked as paramedics and EMTs for Orange in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $67,053, overtime included.

What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Orange?

Official pay range1

$35,280 to $38,976

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest paramedic and EMT title

Average total pay, full-year paramedics and EMTs1

$67,053

average base pay $35,161

Based on the 7 of 31 paramedics and EMTs who worked the full year.

Most of Orange's paramedics and EMTs (31 of 31) hold the title Ambulance Operator, with an official range of $35,280 to $38,976. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $67,053, $28,077 above the top of the range.

Median total pay
$65,624
the middle paramedic and EMT: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$28,628
average per full-year paramedic and EMT
Starting salary
Not reported
no official range reported
Average pay rank
27th
of 30 California employers

What does each paramedic and EMT title at Orange pay?

Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1

  1. Ambulance Operator$35,280 to $38,976 · 31 people
    $67,053

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Orange pay paramedics and EMTs more than other employers in Orange County?

Average total pay of full-year paramedics and EMTs: Orange next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1

Full-year paramedics and EMTs at Orange earned $3,833 more than the Orange County average and $24,955 less than the California average.

Where does Orange rank among California employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs, by average total pay.1

All 30 California employers

Orange ranks 27th of 30, below the middle employer.

Orange
$60k$80k$100k$120k

Middle employer: $87,424

Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.

Pension and health cover at Orange

As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year paramedic and EMT, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2% at 62
the most common formula among Orange's paramedics and EMTs
Employer pension contribution
$4,224
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$3,100
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about paramedic and EMT pay at Orange

What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Orange?

Paramedics and EMTs at Orange who worked the full year earned an average of $67,053 in 2025, overtime included. The middle paramedic and EMT earned $65,624: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its paramedic and EMT titles runs from $35,280 to $38,976.

How much overtime do paramedics and EMTs at Orange earn?

Full-year paramedics and EMTs were paid an average of $28,628 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $27,048: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do paramedics and EMTs at Orange get?

The most common pension formula among Orange's paramedics and EMTs is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $4,224 a year into the pension plan.

More salaries in Orange County

Sources for the Orange figures

Every person who held a paramedic and EMT position at Orange at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Orange.

How we read the data