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Flight paramedic salary

Average flight paramedic salary

$50,261

$24.16 hourly rate

Entry-level flight paramedic salary
$40,000 yearly salary
Updated December 15, 2025
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Average flight paramedic salary by state

Highest paying states for flight paramedics

RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
1West Virginia$58,031$27.90
2Indiana$57,092$27.45
3Connecticut$61,978$29.80
4Louisiana$56,035$26.94
5Tennessee$52,043$25.02
6New Jersey$58,378$28.07
7Maine$54,532$26.22
8Mississippi$52,384$25.18
9Vermont$59,882$28.79
10Massachusetts$60,706$29.19
11Arizona$53,602$25.77
12Texas$52,120$25.06
13New Hampshire$55,321$26.60
14Nevada$53,001$25.48
15Wyoming$51,353$24.69
16New Mexico$50,150$24.11
17Ohio$50,877$24.46
18Rhode Island$55,705$26.78
19Nebraska$53,018$25.49
20Alaska$56,932$27.37
21District of Columbia$60,018$28.85
22Oregon$54,247$26.08
23Illinois$51,884$24.94
24Wisconsin$49,637$23.86
25Delaware$54,615$26.26
26Iowa$48,798$23.46
27New York$55,162$26.52
28Michigan$50,292$24.18
29Hawaii$50,250$24.16
30Pennsylvania$48,651$23.39
31Washington$53,195$25.57
32North Carolina$48,801$23.46
33Kansas$47,714$22.94
34North Dakota$48,839$23.48
35Missouri$48,198$23.17
36Montana$48,842$23.48
37California$50,500$24.28
38Colorado$48,779$23.45
39South Dakota$45,360$21.81
40Oklahoma$45,795$22.02
41South Carolina$46,459$22.34
42Idaho$48,759$23.44
43Minnesota$48,545$23.34
44Alabama$45,701$21.97
45Maryland$51,637$24.83
46Arkansas$45,381$21.82
47Florida$41,602$20.00
48Kentucky$43,656$20.99
49Georgia$40,631$19.53
50Virginia$46,114$22.17
51Utah$44,694$21.49

Flight paramedic salary details

A flight paramedic's salary ranges from $40,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $62,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average flight paramedic salary graph, trends, and summary

What is a flight paramedic's salary?

PercentileAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rate
90th Percentile$62,000$5,167$30
75th Percentile$56,000$4,667$27
Average$50,261$4,188$24
25th Percentile$44,000$3,667$21
10th Percentile$40,000$3,333$19

Highest paying flight paramedic jobs

The highest paying types of flight paramedics are veterinarian, emergency doctor, and ambulance driver.

Job titleAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rateJob openings
Emergency Department Volunteer$33,232$2,769$15.9847,377
Emergency Room Technician$35,967$2,997$17.29129,444
Emergency Department Technologist$37,086$3,090$17.83138,047
Driver/Technician$38,110$3,176$18.3278,422
Emergency Medical Technician$39,743$3,312$19.11137,617
Veterinarian$109,524$9,127$52.6613,255

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$54,000$53,400$52,800$52,200$51,600$51,000
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Flight paramedic salary trends

The average flight paramedic salary has risen by $6,194 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average flight paramedic earned $44,067 annually, but today, they earn $50,261 a year. That works out to a 7% change in pay for flight paramedics over the last decade.

Compare flight paramedic salaries for cities or states with the national average over time.

Average flight paramedic salary over time

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Flight paramedic salary by year

YearAvg. salaryHourly rate% Change
2025$50,300$24.16+2.7%
2024$48,900$23.51-0.7%
2023$49,200$23.68+2.7%
2022$47,900$23.03+2.1%
2021$46,900$22.54+2.1%

Recently added flight paramedic salaries

CompanyJobLocationDate addedSalary
Uc HealthFlight ParamedicAurora, CO06/28/2025$50,318
Global Medical ResponseFlight ParamedicBend, OR06/27/2025$43,660
Global Medical ResponseFlight ParamedicHattiesburg, MS06/27/2025$43,660
Global Medical ResponseFlight ParamedicChanute, KS06/25/2025$43,660
Medstar Research InstituteCritical Care Paramedic: Flight and GroundLanham, MD06/25/2025$66,659
Total Aviation StaffingFlight ParamedicWest Lafayette, IN06/24/2025$66,000
Total Aviation StaffingFlight ParamedicsModesto, CA06/24/2025$66,000
Air MethodsFlight ParamedicFullerton, CA06/21/2025$58,645
Air MethodsFlight ParamedicKearney, NE06/15/2025$63,748
Air MethodsFlight Paramedic IMobile, AL06/15/2025$63,748

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