How much do Medics/Officers actually get paid?

I would like to delve into the other side of a topic I have discussed on this blog. I like to uncover both sides of each story when I am give the chance. Allow me to show you exactly what a stipend or promotion is worth over the course of a Career. Now let me explain the figures. All the pay is based on base salary currently. The figures also include an annual 2.5% pay raise each and every year.

This shows the pay over a 25 year period comparing a FF/EMT, a FF/EMT-I, and a FF/PM.

	Firefighter	FF/EMT-I	FF/PM
1	$30,002.18	$31,789.18	$33,798.16
2	$30,752.23	$32,583.91	$34,643.11
3	$31,521.04	$33,398.51	$35,509.19
4	$32,309.07	$34,233.47	$36,396.92
5	$33,116.79	$35,089.31	$37,306.84
6	$33,944.71	$35,966.54	$38,239.52
7	$34,793.33	$36,865.70	$39,195.50
8	$35,663.16	$37,787.35	$40,175.39
9	$36,554.74	$38,732.03	$41,179.78
10	$37,468.61	$39,700.33	$42,209.27
11	$38,405.33	$40,692.84	$43,264.50
12	$39,365.46	$41,710.16	$44,346.11
13	$40,349.60	$42,752.91	$45,454.77
14	$41,358.34	$43,821.74	$46,591.14
15	$42,392.29	$44,917.28	$47,755.92
16	$43,452.10	$46,040.21	$48,949.81
17	$44,538.40	$47,191.22	$50,173.56
18	$45,651.86	$48,371.00	$51,427.90
19	$46,793.16	$49,580.27	$52,713.59
20	$47,962.99	$50,819.78	$54,031.43
21	$49,162.07	$52,090.27	$55,382.22
22	$50,391.12	$53,392.53	$56,766.78
23	$51,650.89	$54,727.34	$58,185.95
24	$52,942.17	$56,095.53	$59,640.59
25	$54,265.72	$57,497.91	$61,131.61

This shows the pay over a 25 year period comparing a FF/EMT, a FF/EMT-I, and a FF/PM which get promoted to Lt. at the 5 year mark.

	Lieutenant	Lt/EMT-I	Lt./PM
1	$30,002.18	$31,789.18	$33,798.16
2	$30,752.23	$32,583.91	$34,643.11
3	$31,521.04	$33,398.51	$35,509.19
4	$32,309.07	$34,233.47	$36,396.92
5	$34,732.25	$36,800.98	$39,126.69
6	$35,600.55	$37,721.00	$40,104.86
7	$36,490.57	$38,664.03	$41,107.48
8	$37,402.83	$39,630.63	$42,135.17
9	$38,337.90	$40,621.40	$43,188.55
10	$39,296.35	$41,636.93	$44,268.26
11	$40,278.76	$42,677.85	$45,374.97
12	$41,285.73	$43,744.80	$46,509.34
13	$42,317.87	$44,838.42	$47,672.07
14	$43,375.82	$45,959.38	$48,863.88
15	$44,460.21	$47,108.37	$50,085.47
16	$45,571.72	$48,286.08	$51,337.61
17	$46,711.01	$49,493.23	$52,621.05
18	$47,878.79	$50,730.56	$53,936.58
19	$49,075.75	$51,998.82	$55,284.99
20	$50,302.65	$53,298.79	$56,667.11
21	$51,560.21	$54,631.26	$58,083.79
22	$52,849.22	$55,997.04	$59,535.89
23	$54,170.45	$57,396.97	$61,024.28
24	$55,524.71	$58,831.89	$62,549.89
25	$56,912.83	$60,302.69	$64,113.64

This shows the pay over a 25 year period comparing a FF/EMT, a FF/EMT-I, and a FF/PM which get promoted to Lt. at the 5 year mark and 1st Lt. at the 10 year mark.
1st Lt. 1st Lt./EMT-I 1st Lt./PM
1 $30,002.18 $31,789.18 $33,798.16
2 $30,752.23 $32,583.91 $34,643.11
3 $31,521.04 $33,398.51 $35,509.19
4 $32,309.07 $34,233.47 $36,396.92
5 $34,732.25 $36,800.98 $39,126.69
6 $35,600.55 $37,721.00 $40,104.86
7 $36,490.57 $38,664.03 $41,107.48
8 $37,402.83 $39,630.63 $42,135.17
9 $38,337.90 $40,621.40 $43,188.55
10 $41,213.24 $43,668.00 $46,427.69
11 $42,243.57 $44,759.70 $47,588.38
12 $43,299.66 $45,878.69 $48,778.09
13 $44,382.16 $47,025.66 $49,997.54
14 $45,491.71 $48,201.30 $51,247.48
15 $46,629.00 $49,406.33 $52,528.67
16 $47,794.73 $50,641.49 $53,841.88
17 $48,989.60 $51,907.53 $55,187.93
18 $50,214.34 $53,205.22 $56,567.63
19 $51,469.69 $54,535.35 $57,981.82
20 $52,756.44 $55,898.73 $59,431.36
21 $54,075.35 $57,296.20 $60,917.15
22 $55,427.23 $58,728.61 $62,440.08
23 $56,812.91 $60,196.82 $64,001.08
24 $58,233.23 $61,701.74 $65,601.11
25 $59,689.07 $63,244.29 $67,241.13

This shows the pay over a 25 year period comparing a FF/EMT, a FF/EMT-I, and a FF/PM which get promoted to Lt. at the 5 year mark and 1st Lt. at the 10 year mark and Captain at the 15 year mark.

	Captain	Captain/EMT-I	Captain/PM
1	$30,002.18	$ 31,789.18	$33,798.16
2	$30,752.23	$ 32,583.91	$34,643.11
3	$31,521.04	$ 33,398.51	$35,509.19
4	$32,309.07	$ 34,233.47	$36,396.92
5	$34,732.25	$ 36,800.98	$39,126.69
6	$35,600.55	$ 37,721.00	$40,104.86
7	$36,490.57	$ 38,664.03	$41,107.48
8	$37,402.83	$ 39,630.63	$42,135.17
9	$38,337.90	$ 40,621.40	$43,188.55
10	$41,213.24	$ 43,668.00	$46,427.69
11	$42,243.57	$ 44,759.70	$47,588.38
12	$43,299.66	$ 45,878.69	$48,778.09
13	$44,382.16	$ 47,025.66	$49,997.54
14	$45,491.71	$ 48,201.30	$51,247.48
15	$48,903.59	$ 51,816.40	$55,091.04
16	$50,126.18	$ 53,111.81	$56,468.32
17	$51,379.33	$ 54,439.61	$57,880.02
18	$52,663.82	$ 55,800.60	$59,327.02
19	$53,980.41	$ 57,195.61	$60,810.20
20	$55,329.92	$ 58,625.50	$62,330.45
21	$56,713.17	$ 60,091.14	$63,888.72
22	$58,131.00	$ 61,593.42	$65,485.93
23	$59,584.27	$ 63,133.25	$67,123.08
24	$61,073.88	$ 64,711.58	$68,801.16
25	$62,600.73	$ 66,329.37	$70,521.19

And so what does all this mean. Well if you were paying attention it shows that a 25 year Captain only makes $1500 more than a 25 year Paramedic. This also shows case and point where a 15 year Captain ($48,903.59) compares to that of a 15 year Paramedic ($47,755.92). Go ahead and check out other comparisons. Let us take this one step further, many people say that Medics only make $3700 a year. Well that is not entirely true, and what does that add up to over the course of 25 year. If it were only $3700 a year then that would equal $92,500 in 25 years. Actually the Medics make almost $130,000 more than a Firefighter in their lifetime (25 years).

This is why I feel that in order to give any more incentive to the Medics, I believe that the Officers need to be paid properly.

As far as the Medic pay goes. I do not know how many Medics who have been promoted have kept their pay, or how much pay they have kept if they did.

Disclaimer: I have to let the jury (you) decide if my figures are accurate or not. Please feel free to let me know if I am off. I realize that the raise amount year to year might differ, the average might also be higher than 2.5%, however this is the figure I use.

That is all I will say, I will let you all draw your own conclusions.