Kern County paramedic and EMT salary, 2025

10 people worked as paramedics and EMTs for Kern County in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $87,780, overtime included.

What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Kern County?

Official pay range1

$79,922 to $79,922

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest paramedic and EMT title

Average total pay, full-year paramedics and EMTs1

$87,780

average base pay $77,469

Based on the 6 of 10 paramedics and EMTs who worked the full year.

Most of Kern County's paramedics and EMTs (10 of 10) hold the title First Responder Paramedic, with an official salary of $79,922. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $87,780, $7,858 above the top of the range.

Median total pay
$88,922
the middle paramedic and EMT: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$4,743
average per full-year paramedic and EMT
Starting salary
$79,922
bottom of the First Responder Paramedic range
Average pay rank
15th
of 30 California employers

What does each paramedic and EMT title at Kern County 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

  1. First Responder Paramedic$79,922 · 10 people
    $87,780

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Kern County pay paramedics and EMTs more than other California employers?

Average total pay of full-year paramedics and EMTs: Kern County next to every California employer together.1

Full-year paramedics and EMTs at Kern County earned $4,228 less than the California average.

Where does Kern County rank among California employers?

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

All 30 California employers

Kern County ranks 15th of 30, above the middle employer.

Kern County
$60k$80k$100k$120k

Middle employer: $87,424

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 Kern County

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

Pension formula
1.62% at 65
the most common formula among Kern County's paramedics and EMTs
Employer pension contribution
$33,618
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$10,764
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about paramedic and EMT pay at Kern County

What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Kern County?

Paramedics and EMTs at Kern County who worked the full year earned an average of $87,780 in 2025, overtime included. The middle paramedic and EMT earned $88,922: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its paramedic and EMT titles runs from $79,922 to $79,922.

How much overtime do paramedics and EMTs at Kern County earn?

Full-year paramedics and EMTs were paid an average of $4,743 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $4,436: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What is the starting salary for a paramedic and EMT at Kern County?

$79,922 a year: the bottom of the official range for Kern County's First Responder Paramedic title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year paramedics and EMTs averaged $87,780 in total pay.

What pension do paramedics and EMTs at Kern County get?

The most common pension formula among Kern County's paramedics and EMTs is 1.62% at 65, as reported by the county. The employer paid an average of $33,618 a year into the pension plan.

More public salaries at Kern County

Sources for the Kern County figures

Every person who held a paramedic and EMT position at Kern County 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.

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

How we read the data