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Emergency Medical Technicians: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Emergency Medical Technicians, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 2,000 hours, for Emergency Medical Technician (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Medical Technician | 0730 | Competency-Based: 2,000 hours Competency-Based (V2): 2,000 hours Hybrid: 2,000 to 2,500 hours Hybrid (V2): 2,000 to 4,000 hours Time-Based: 2,000 hours Time-Based (V2): 2,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What emergency medical technicians earn, by state
Hawaii has the highest state median for emergency medical technicians ($66,410) and Puerto Rico the lowest ($27,610), across the 53 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | $66,410 | $31.93 | 560 |
| Alaska | $57,440 | $27.61 | 310 |
| New Jersey | $53,610 | $25.78 | 6,120 |
| Washington | $52,690 | $25.33 | 2,940 |
| Rhode Island | $51,290 | $24.66 | 430 |
| Connecticut | $50,640 | $24.35 | 2,190 |
| Massachusetts | $50,230 | $24.15 | 4,550 |
| Oregon | $49,270 | $23.69 | 1,970 |
| New York | $48,400 | $23.27 | 14,840 |
| Maryland | $48,100 | $23.12 | 3,400 |
| Minnesota | $48,090 | $23.12 | 3,160 |
| Wyoming | $47,070 | $22.63 | 400 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $47,040 | $22.62 | 40 |
| Delaware | $46,790 | $22.49 | 950 |
| New Hampshire | $46,790 | $22.50 | 1,010 |
| District of Columbia | $46,650 | $22.43 | 370 |
| California | $46,380 | $22.30 | 21,880 |
| Maine | $46,340 | $22.28 | 1,110 |
| Colorado | $45,750 | $22.00 | 3,060 |
| Vermont | $45,600 | $21.93 | 790 |
| Georgia | $45,550 | $21.90 | 6,260 |
| Virginia | $45,420 | $21.84 | 4,490 |
| North Carolina | $44,250 | $21.27 | 6,680 |
| Pennsylvania | $43,310 | $20.82 | 10,160 |
| Wisconsin | $43,060 | $20.70 | 3,930 |
| Indiana | $42,740 | $20.55 | 4,160 |
| Illinois | $42,260 | $20.32 | 7,840 |
| Missouri | $42,160 | $20.27 | 2,800 |
| Nebraska | $41,710 | $20.05 | 540 |
| Iowa | $40,660 | $19.55 | 1,510 |
| South Carolina | $40,370 | $19.41 | 4,010 |
| Tennessee | $40,330 | $19.39 | 3,860 |
| Ohio | $40,220 | $19.34 | 5,560 |
| Florida | $39,870 | $19.17 | 6,060 |
| Michigan | $39,870 | $19.17 | 4,230 |
| North Dakota | $39,670 | $19.07 | 760 |
| Arizona | $39,500 | $18.99 | 3,970 |
| Utah | $38,930 | $18.72 | 1,280 |
| Idaho | $38,840 | $18.67 | 780 |
| Alabama | $37,810 | $18.18 | 2,020 |
| Nevada | $37,560 | $18.06 | 1,530 |
| New Mexico | $37,550 | $18.05 | 1,260 |
| Texas | $37,260 | $17.91 | 12,770 |
| Kentucky | $36,800 | $17.69 | 2,770 |
| South Dakota | $36,800 | $17.69 | 600 |
| Mississippi | $36,630 | $17.61 | 1,390 |
| Arkansas | $36,230 | $17.42 | 1,120 |
| Montana | $36,140 | $17.38 | 860 |
| Louisiana | $35,870 | $17.25 | 2,450 |
| Kansas | $35,780 | $17.20 | 1,510 |
| West Virginia | $34,360 | $16.52 | 900 |
| Oklahoma | $34,170 | $16.43 | 2,410 |
| Puerto Rico | $27,610 | $13.27 | 650 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
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Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).