Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in Jackson, MS

Emergency Medical Technicians pay range in Jackson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,400 a year or less, while the top 10% make $45,040 or more. The middle half of emergency medical technicians in Jackson earn between $32,490 and $39,100.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Emergency Medical Technicians salary after taxes in Jackson

On the average salary of $37,540, a single filer in Jackson takes home about $31,574 a year, or $2,631 a month and $1,214 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Jackson a good place for emergency medical technicians? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Jackson area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.0), so the average $37,540 buys what about $42,157 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Jackson ($42,850). A typical home costs $215,136, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Emergency Medical Technicians salary in other Mississippi cities

Jackson ranks 2nd of 3 Mississippi metro areas for this job; Hattiesburg pays the most ($38,280).

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Highest-paying cities for emergency medical technicians

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($72,700).

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• Diagnostic Medical Sonographers$82,060 a year
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists$71,410 a year
• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$61,630 a year
• Paramedics$60,270 a year
• Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$58,800 a year
• Surgical Technologists$57,460 a year
• Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians$56,870 a year

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