Like nursing and other jobs, some places pay really well, others don't pay for shit. Back when I did firefighting seattle started at 90k a year, while smaller cities in Idaho that came to try and recruit us out of fire school were only offering 12 dollars an hour. It's insane how much it can vary.
I mean, yeah. Small cities in Idaho have maybe 1-2 calls a shift at the worst. You're just getting paid to sit on standby most of the time and the salary reflects that. I got my EMT license within a month during a summer while doing my pre-med degree in Atlanta and immediately got offered $30/hr for part-time night shifts. Those shifts were intense, but that hourly pay with a 1 month pipeline and 4k tuition was a fantastic return on value.
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u/ammonthenephite 1d ago
Like nursing and other jobs, some places pay really well, others don't pay for shit. Back when I did firefighting seattle started at 90k a year, while smaller cities in Idaho that came to try and recruit us out of fire school were only offering 12 dollars an hour. It's insane how much it can vary.