Big Bear Fire Authority paramedic and EMT salary, 2025
Big Bear Fire Authority is a joint powers authority in San Bernardino County: a public agency that two or more public agencies set up by agreement to run a shared service.1 21 people worked as paramedics and EMTs for Big Bear Fire Authority in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its paramedic and EMT titles runs from $61,401 to $76,970.
What does Big Bear Fire Authority pay its paramedics and EMTs?
Official pay range, paramedics2
$61,401 to $76,970
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for paramedics, the largest group
Average total pay, full-year paramedics and EMTs2
Fewer than 5
21 paramedics and EMTs in all, 3 of them full-year: too few for an average.
- Median total pay
- Fewer than 5
- the middle paramedic and EMT: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- Fewer than 5
- average per full-year paramedic and EMT
- Starting salary
- $49,705
- bottom of the Ambulance Operator/EMT range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each paramedic and EMT title at Big Bear Fire Authority pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.2
Paramedics
- Ambulance Operator/ParamedicFewer than 5
- Flight ParamedicFewer than 5
EMTs
- Ambulance Operator/EMTFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Firefighter-paramedic pay at Big Bear Fire Authority
Counted on their own, kept out of the paramedic and EMT figures on this page. Firefighter-paramedics are firefighters whose title names paramedic duties. Range: the middle reported bottom and top of each group's official ranges. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.2
| Staff | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefighter-paramedics | 13 | $76,928 to $96,073 | $165,773 |
What do paramedics and EMTs earn around Big Bear Fire Authority?
Average total pay of full-year paramedics and EMTs across San Bernardino County and across California. Big Bear Fire Authority's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its paramedics and EMTs worked the full year.2
- All employers in San Bernardino County$112,118
- All employers in California$92,008
Full-year paramedics and EMTs across San Bernardino County earned an average of $112,118 in 2025, $20,110 more than the California average.
Pension and health cover at Big Bear Fire Authority
As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year paramedic and EMT, on top of wages.2
- Pension formula
- 2.5% at 67
- the most common formula among Big Bear Fire Authority's paramedics and EMTs
- Employer pension contribution
- Fewer than 5
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- Fewer than 5
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about paramedic and EMT pay at Big Bear Fire Authority
Why is there no average paramedic and EMT salary for Big Bear Fire Authority?
21 people worked as paramedics and EMTs for Big Bear Fire Authority in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.
What is the pay range for a paramedic and EMT at Big Bear Fire Authority?
The official range across Big Bear Fire Authority's paramedic and EMT titles runs from $61,401 to $76,970 in 2025. For comparison, full-year paramedics and EMTs across San Bernardino County earned an average of $112,118.
What is the starting salary for a paramedic and EMT at Big Bear Fire Authority?
$49,705 a year: the bottom of the official range for Big Bear Fire Authority's Ambulance Operator/EMT title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime.
How much does a firefighter-paramedic make at Big Bear Fire Authority?
Full-year firefighter-paramedics at Big Bear Fire Authority averaged $165,773 in total pay in 2025, overtime included, on an official range of $76,928 to $96,073.
What pension do paramedics and EMTs at Big Bear Fire Authority get?
The most common pension formula among Big Bear Fire Authority's paramedics and EMTs is 2.5% at 67, as reported by the agency.
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- Firefighter salaries at Big Bear Fire Authority$165,773 average total pay
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Sources for the Big Bear Fire Authority figures
Every person who held a paramedic and EMT position at Big Bear Fire Authority at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- California Government Code, section 6502: public agencies may jointly exercise their common powers by agreement.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Big Bear Fire Authority.