What Is the Average Salary of an EMT Basic in Olney, Illinois?
The east central area of Illinois, including the city of Olney, which is part of Richland County, has the second-lowest average annual wages for emergency medical technicians in the state. The average wages of Illinois emergency medical technicians are higher than the national average.
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Salary
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that emergency medical technicians earned an average, or mean, hourly wage of $11.41 in May 2009 in the East Central Illinois non-metropolitan area, which includes Richland County and the city of Olney. This equates to an average annual salary of $23,730, though salaries range from $16,950 or less for the lowest-paid 10 percent to $38,570 or more for the best-paid tenth of emergency medical technicians.
Statewide Comparison
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The Chicago-Naperville-Joliet metropolitan division of Illinois had the highest average annual salary for emergency medical technicians, based on May 2009 BLS figures, at $44,500. Peoria, with an average annual salary of $23,260, was the only metropolitan area in the state with a lower salary than in the East Central Illinois non-metropolitan area. The metropolitan areas of Bloomington-Normal, Rockford and Springfield also had average annual salaries below $30,000 per year, as did the West Central Illinois and South Illinois non-metropolitan areas. The average yearly salary for Illinois as a whole was $38,670.
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National Figures
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Throughout the United States, emergency medical technicians earned an average of $33,020 per year in May 2009, the BLS reports. Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Maryland were the five highest-paying states, all with annual average wages above $40,000. Tacoma, Washington was the highest-paying metropolitan area for this occupation, with an average annual salary of $71,550.
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