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Average Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in Alaska

Emergency Medical Technicians in Alaska earn a median annual salary of $57,440, which is +29.2% compared to the national median. There are 310 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Alaska (state).

$57,440
Alaska median annual wage
$28/hour median
+29.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $44,470
310
Local employment
0.9 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.81
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$44,400
25th
$48,130
Median
$57,440
75th
$63,350
90th
$81,150

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Alaska, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
102.4%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$56,116
Goods: 106.3%
Services: 119.0%
Rents: 93.8%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Hawaii $66,410 Compare 560
New Jersey $53,610 Compare 6,120
Washington $52,690 Compare 2,940
Rhode Island $51,290 Compare 430
Connecticut $50,640 Compare 2,190
Massachusetts $50,230 Compare 4,550

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Alaska

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Emergency Medicine Physicians $452,620 2.76
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $421,450 1.03
General Internal Medicine Physicians $366,080 0.80
Physicians, All Other $355,100 0.37
Neurologists $354,760 4.46
Psychiatrists $342,170 0.93
Nurse Anesthetists $341,210 0.82
Family Medicine Physicians $323,490 3.40

Alaska has salary data for 528 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Emergency Medical Technicians in Alaska

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Emergency Medical Technicians are projected to change by +5.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.