Torrance paramedic and EMT salary, 2025
Torrance is a city in Los Angeles County. 59 people worked as paramedics and EMTs for Torrance in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $98,311, overtime included.
What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Torrance?
Official pay range1
$41,413 to $48,734
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest paramedic and EMT title
Based on the 16 of 59 paramedics and EMTs who worked the full year.
Most of Torrance's paramedics and EMTs (59 of 59) hold the title Ambulance Operator, with an official range of $41,413 to $48,734. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $98,311, $49,577 above the top of the range.
- Median total pay
- $96,476
- the middle paramedic and EMT: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $52,943
- average per full-year paramedic and EMT
- Starting salary
- $41,413
- bottom of the Ambulance Operator range
- Average pay rank
- 10th
- of 30 California employers
What does each paramedic and EMT title at Torrance 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
- Ambulance Operator$98,311
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Torrance pay paramedics and EMTs more than other employers in Los Angeles County?
Average total pay of full-year paramedics and EMTs: Torrance next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Torrance$98,311
- All employers in Los Angeles County$80,908
- All employers in California$92,008
Full-year paramedics and EMTs at Torrance earned $17,403 more than the Los Angeles County average and $6,303 more than the California average.
Where does Torrance rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs, by average total pay.1
All 30 California employers
Torrance ranks 10th of 30, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $87,424
The 5 employers in Los Angeles County
Torrance ranks 1st of 5, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $75,762
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 Torrance
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 Torrance's paramedics and EMTs
- Employer pension contribution
- $4,553
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $6,977
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about paramedic and EMT pay at Torrance
What is the average paramedic and EMT salary at Torrance?
Paramedics and EMTs at Torrance who worked the full year earned an average of $98,311 in 2025, overtime included. The middle paramedic and EMT earned $96,476: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its paramedic and EMT titles runs from $41,413 to $48,734.
How much overtime do paramedics and EMTs at Torrance earn?
Full-year paramedics and EMTs were paid an average of $52,943 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $50,936: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What is the starting salary for a paramedic and EMT at Torrance?
$41,413 a year: the bottom of the official range for Torrance's Ambulance Operator title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year paramedics and EMTs averaged $98,311 in total pay.
What pension do paramedics and EMTs at Torrance get?
The most common pension formula among Torrance's paramedics and EMTs is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $4,553 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Torrance figures
Every person who held a paramedic and EMT position at Torrance 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 Torrance.