Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District paramedic and EMT salary, 2025
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District is a fire protection district in Sacramento County. 98 people worked as paramedics and EMTs for Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $89,775, overtime included.
What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District?
Official pay range, eMTs1
$50,440 to $62,476
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for eMTs, the largest group
Based on the 54 of 98 paramedics and EMTs who worked the full year.
Most of Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's paramedics and EMTs (51 of 98) hold the title EMT, with an official range of $50,440 to $62,476. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $80,586, $18,110 above the top of the range.
- Median total pay
- $86,092
- the middle paramedic and EMT: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $28,117
- average per full-year paramedic and EMT
- Starting salary
- $50,440
- bottom of the EMT range
- Average pay rank
- 13th
- of 30 California employers
What does each paramedic and EMT title at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District 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$80,586
Paramedics
- Paramedic$98,308
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District pay paramedics and EMTs more than other California employers?
Average total pay of full-year paramedics and EMTs: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District next to every California employer together.1
- Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District$89,775
- All employers in California$92,008
Full-year paramedics and EMTs at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District earned $2,233 less than the California average.
Where does Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs, by average total pay.1
All 30 California employers
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District ranks 13th of 30, above the middle employer.
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 Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year paramedic and EMT, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2.7% at 57
- the most common formula among Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's paramedics and EMTs
- Employer pension contribution
- $11,922
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $16,518
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about paramedic and EMT pay at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District?
Paramedics and EMTs at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District who worked the full year earned an average of $89,775 in 2025, overtime included. The middle paramedic and EMT earned $86,092: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its paramedic and EMT titles runs from $50,440 to $62,476.
How much overtime do paramedics and EMTs at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District earn?
Full-year paramedics and EMTs were paid an average of $28,117 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $25,461: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What is the starting salary for a paramedic and EMT at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District?
$50,440 a year: the bottom of the official range for Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's EMT title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year paramedics and EMTs averaged $89,775 in total pay.
What pension do paramedics and EMTs at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District get?
The most common pension formula among Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District's paramedics and EMTs is 2.7% at 57, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $11,922 a year into the pension plan.
More public salaries at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
Sources for the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District figures
Every person who held a paramedic and EMT position at Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District 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 Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.