Chula Vista paramedic and EMT salary, 2025

Chula Vista is a city in San Diego County. 138 people worked as paramedics and EMTs for Chula Vista in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $119,819, overtime included.

What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Chula Vista?

Official pay range, eMTs¹

$57,376 to $69,740

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for eMTs, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year paramedics and EMTs¹

$119,819

average base pay $70,139

Based on the 6 of 138 paramedics and EMTs who worked the full year.

Median total pay: $118,544; the middle paramedic and EMT: half earned more, half less
Overtime: $45,907; average per full-year paramedic and EMT
Starting salary: $57,376; bottom of the EMT (Non-Safety) - A range
Average pay rank: 3rd; of 30 California employers

What does each paramedic and EMT title at Chula Vista 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.¹

EMTs

EMT (Non-Safety/Hrly)$38,251 to $46,494 · 51 people
Fewer than 5
EMT (Non-Safety) - A$57,376 to $69,740 · 28 people
Fewer than 5

Paramedics

Paramedic (Ns/Hrly)$49,128 to $59,715 · 5 people
Fewer than 5
Paramedic (Non-Safety) - A$73,692 to $89,573 · 52 people
Fewer than 5
Paramedic (Non-Safety) - C$78,604 to $95,545 · fewer than 5 people
Fewer 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 Chula Vista

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.¹

Staff	People	Official range	Average total pay
Paramedics and EMTs	138	$57,376 to $69,740	$119,819
Firefighter-paramedics	52	$93,707 to $119,597	$162,143

Full-year firefighter-paramedics averaged $162,143, $42,324 more than paramedics and EMTs.

Does Chula Vista pay paramedics and EMTs more than other employers in San Diego County?

Average total pay of full-year paramedics and EMTs: Chula Vista next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.¹

Chula Vista$119,819
All employers in San Diego County$93,366
All employers in California$92,008

Full-year paramedics and EMTs at Chula Vista earned $26,453 more than the San Diego County average and $27,811 more than the California average.

Where does Chula Vista rank among California employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs, by average total pay.¹

All 30 California employers

Chula Vista ranks 3rd of 30, above the middle employer.

Chula Vista

$60k$80k$100k$120k

Middle employer: $87,424

The 5 employers in San Diego County

Chula Vista ranks 1st of 5, above the middle employer.

Chula Vista

$80k$100k$120k

Middle employer: $81,060

Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.

Pension and health cover at Chula Vista

As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year paramedic and EMT, on top of wages.¹

Pension formula: 2% at 62; the most common formula among Chula Vista's paramedics and EMTs
Employer pension contribution: $7,927; average per year
Health, dental and vision: $14,161; average paid by the employer per year

Questions about paramedic and EMT pay at Chula Vista

What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Chula Vista?

Paramedics and EMTs at Chula Vista who worked the full year earned an average of $119,819 in 2025, overtime included. The middle paramedic and EMT earned $118,544: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its paramedic and EMT titles runs from $57,376 to $69,740.

How much overtime do paramedics and EMTs at Chula Vista earn?

Full-year paramedics and EMTs were paid an average of $45,907 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $44,316: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What is the starting salary for a paramedic and EMT at Chula Vista?

$57,376 a year: the bottom of the official range for Chula Vista's EMT (Non-Safety) - A title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year paramedics and EMTs averaged $119,819 in total pay.

How much does a firefighter-paramedic make at Chula Vista?

Full-year firefighter-paramedics at Chula Vista averaged $162,143 in total pay in 2025, overtime included, on an official range of $93,707 to $119,597.

What pension do paramedics and EMTs at Chula Vista get?

The most common pension formula among Chula Vista's paramedics and EMTs is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $7,927 a year into the pension plan.

More salaries in San Diego County

Sources for the Chula Vista figures

Every person who held a paramedic and EMT position at Chula Vista 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.

State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Chula Vista.

How we read the data