Emergency Medical Technicians Salary in Lubbock, TX

Emergency Medical Technicians pay range in Lubbock

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,540 a year or less, while the top 10% make $48,320 or more. The middle half of emergency medical technicians in Lubbock earn between $31,540 and $37,680.

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

Emergency Medical Technicians salary after taxes in Lubbock

On the average salary of $37,510, a single filer in Lubbock takes home about $32,319 a year, or $2,693 a month and $1,243 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Lubbock area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.3), so the average $37,510 buys what about $41,077 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Lubbock ($42,130). A typical home costs $213,766, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Emergency Medical Technicians salary in other Texas cities

Lubbock ranks 10th of 22 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($46,530).

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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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Related jobs in Lubbock

• Diagnostic Medical Sonographers$83,700 a year
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists$81,590 a year
• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$71,020 a year
• Surgical Technologists$64,580 a year
• Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$61,890 a year
• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$58,120 a year
• Paramedics$53,680 a year
• Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$49,300 a year

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