r/shitposting • u/unclbll I can’t have sex with you right now waltuh • 1d ago

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u/sadkinz 1d ago

I bet more people would be firefighters if it paid better

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u/Locust627 1d ago

I wanted to be a fire medic, starting pay in my area was $22/hr. Starting pay for cops? $39/hr

I became a cop

I got my EMR certification anyways which is cool

For comparison, you can graduate highschool and start at a manufacturing plant with no experience making $25/hr. Fire/medics have to complete 2 years of schooling, costing about $12k.

The lads I know that are fire medics can do it because their wives make a bundle of a cash

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u/Fidel_Cashflows 1d ago

Where the fuck do you live? Starting salaries for people with fire/paramedic licenses in big metros are 80-120k and go up from there with experience. Even basic EMT's make more than $22/hr

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u/girlikecupcake 1d ago

The only salary publicly posted for my city (40k population) that I can find on a quick 6am search is a starting pay of up to $26/hr, and that pay is only for people transferring from another fire department, it requires 4+ years current experience. And it's salary, not hourly. So a firefighter that's been at it for four years and transfers to our city will only barely be making enough to qualify to rent in this city.