Emergency room technician salary

Open emergency room technician jobs post a median of $24.75 an hour, with the middle half paying $22.50–$27.50: about $51,500 a year full time. Measured from 157 jobs at 64 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median /hr

May 2025

The jobs themselves: Emergency room technician jobs

What emergency room technicians are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 157 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $15.67, the highest $55.43.

Posted on open jobs

$22.50–$27.50/hr

Middle half of 98 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $24.75. 38% of the 414 open emergency room technician jobs state an hourly rate.

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Emergency room technician pay by employer

What each employer posts for emergency room technicians, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
Sentara Health	$25	$20.07–$29.88	11
Boston Medical Center	$22.75	$17.84–$28.74	9
AtlantiCare	$21.75	$18–$25.59	7
Baptist Health South Florida	$21	$17.79–$26.03	7
CommonSpirit Health	$27.75	$15.67–$41.71	6
Advocate Health	$27.25	$21.85–$32.80	6
Beth Israel Lahey Health	$23.25	$19.50–$34.81	6
MultiCare Health System	$33.25	$24.04–$55.43	5
Overlake Medical Center	$32.25	$25.95–$40.30	5
Scripps Health	$29.25	$20.46–$32.56	5
Fairview Health Services	$26.50	$19.86–$34.01	5
Northwestern Medicine	$26	$21.57–$30.20	4
UChicago Medicine	$24.25	$21.44–$27.60	4
GBMC HealthCare	$22.50	$17.64–$27.48	4
Riverside Health	$21.75	$18.90–$25.63	4
AdventHealth	$21.25	$16.02–$26.08	4
Kaiser Permanente	$28.25	$25.16–$47.51	3
Inspira Health	$23.25	$19.07–$27.22	3
Mercyhealth	$21.50	$17.57–$27.04	3
Gundersen Health System	$19	$19.05	3
Catholic Health (Long Island)	$27	$26.46–$27.68	2
HealthPartners	$26	$20.13–$31.24	2
Sarah Bush Lincoln	$25	$19.61–$30.40	2
RWJBarnabas Health	$24.50	$21.01–$26.19	2
Coalinga Regional Medical Center	$22	$22	2
Trinity Health	$21.75	$18.05–$25.60	2
Springfield Hospital	$21.50	$19–$24	2
OSF HealthCare	$20.75	$18.98–$22.34	2
Kirby Medical Center	$20.50	$18.20–$22.75	2
Sutter Health	$45.25	$37.73–$52.82	1
El Camino Health	$43.50	$38.49–$48.66	1
Alameda Health System	$41.50	$38.24–$44.89	1
Providence	$39.25	$31.68–$47.05	1
Mass General Brigham	$32.75	$21.32–$44.22	1
Samaritan Health Services	$32.75	$26.46–$38.86	1
EvergreenHealth Monroe	$32.50	$26.13–$38.79	1
Columbia Memorial Hospital	$32	$25.65–$38.55	1
Montrose Regional Health	$30.75	$21.88–$39.42	1
San Antonio Regional Hospital	$27.50	$23–$31.82	1
Rutland Regional Medical Center	$27	$21.96–$31.99	1

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Emergency room technician pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

State	Median posted	Middle half	BLS median	Jobs
Washington	$32.50	$32.25–$33.25	$25.33 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	14
California	$29	$27.50–$43	$22.30 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	14
Minnesota	$25.75	$24.50–$26.50	$23.12 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	9
Virginia	$24.75	$22.75–$25	$21.84 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	16
Wisconsin	$24.50	$22.25–$25.50	$20.70 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	11
Massachusetts	$23.25	$23–$25.75	$24.15 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	18
New Jersey	$23	$22.50–$23.50	$25.78 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Illinois	$22.75	$21.25–$25.25	$20.32 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	23

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Night shift emergency room technician pay

Where one employer posts both night and other emergency room technician jobs in the same state (15 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, state	Night jobs, median	Other jobs, median
Sentara Health, VA	$25 (2)	$25 (8)
Boston Medical Center, MA	$22.75 (5)	$22.75 (4)
AtlantiCare, NJ	$21.75 (3)	$21.75 (4)
Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA	$22.75 (1)	$23.50 (5)
Overlake Medical Center, WA	$32.75 (2)	$32.25 (3)
Scripps Health, CA	$29.25 (3)	$29.25 (2)
AdventHealth, FL	$21 (2)	$21.25 (2)
GBMC HealthCare, MD	$22.50 (2)	$22.50 (2)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open emergency room technician jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Emergency Department Technician II
Kaiser Permanente · Santa Rosa and San Jose, CA· 2d ago
$45.16–$47.51/hr
Respiratory Care Practitioner/Emergency Room Technician
MultiCare Health System · Spokane, WA· 3d ago
$35.94–$55.43/hr
Emergency Room Tech
Sutter Health · San Francisco, CA· 4w ago
$37.73–$52.82/hr
ED technician - PD - All - Emergency @ MV
El Camino Health · Mountain View, CA· 4d ago
$38.49–$48.66/hr
Emergency Department Technician
Alameda Health System · Oakland, CA· 4d ago
$38.24–$44.89/hr
Emergency Department Technician
Providence · Issaquah, WA· 4d ago
$31.68–$47.05/hr
Emergency Services Tech/Lab - Off Campus Emergency Department - South Hill
MultiCare Health System · Puyallup, WA· 5d ago
$25.00–$41.32/hr
ED Tech - Overlake Lynnwood Off-Campus Emergency Department (OCED) Per Diem/Nights
Overlake Medical Center · Lynnwood, WA· 1w ago
$25.95–$40.30/hr
Emergency Department Technician/CNA (.6 FTE / Evening / 8-hour Shift)
Overlake Medical Center · Bellevue, WA· 2w ago
$25.95–$40.30/hr
ER Technician, Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Mass General Brigham · Oak Bluffs, MA· 1mo ago
$21.32–$44.22/hr
ER Tech-P
Samaritan Health Services · Albany, OR· 3w ago
$26.46–$38.86/hr
ER Tech
CommonSpirit Health · Tacoma, WA· 3d ago
$24.72–$40.53/hr

Every open job: Emergency room technician jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Emergency Medical Technicians (29-2042)	$16.41 (source: BLS OEWS, Emergency Medical Technicians, opens in a new tab)	$18.25 (source: BLS OEWS, Emergency Medical Technicians, opens in a new tab)	$21.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Emergency Medical Technicians, opens in a new tab)	$24.09 (source: BLS OEWS, Emergency Medical Technicians, opens in a new tab)	$30.05 (source: BLS OEWS, Emergency Medical Technicians, opens in a new tab)	180,510 (source: BLS OEWS, Emergency Medical Technicians, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($24.75) is $3.37 above the BLS median ($21.38 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Emergency Medical Technicians, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Emergency room technician salary: common questions

How much does an emergency room technician make an hour?

Open emergency room technician jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $24.75, with the middle half between $22.50–$27.50 (157 jobs from 64 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $21.38/hr ($44,470 a year) for emergency medical technicians in May 2025.

How much does an emergency room technician make a year?

At the posted median of $24.75 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $51,500, and the middle half to $46,800 to $57,200. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states.

Which states pay emergency room technicians the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: Washington ($32.50), California ($29) and Minnesota ($25.75). The lowest: Illinois ($22.75), New Jersey ($23) and Massachusetts ($23.25). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay emergency room technicians the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: MultiCare Health System ($33.25), Overlake Medical Center ($32.25) and Scripps Health ($29.25). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift emergency room technicians earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other emergency room technician jobs in the same state (15 such employers and states), the median gap is $0. Most state their night differential separately in the posting.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 157 of 414 open emergency room technician jobs (38%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Emergency Medical Technicians (SOC 29-2042), published May 15, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (SOC 29-2099), published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Emergency Medical Technicians by state, published May 15, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Emergency Medical Technicians (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Emergency room technician salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/er-technician

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