Paramedics Salary — McAllen, Texas

The average Paramedics in McAllen, Texas earns $49,050 a year.

$49,050 / year, mean
↓ 24.6% below national average 20th percentile in Texas

McAllen pays below most of Texas for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for paramedics, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
190
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.7%
Cost of living 86 #185 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $193,978 #168 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $52,281 #186 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: McAllen ranks #185 for cost of living and #168 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Bellingham $119,190 Seattle $117,660 Bremerton $110,800 Olympia $109,680 Mount Vernon $106,520 San Francisco $92,860 San Jose $92,750 Kennewick $92,330 Salinas $88,690 Spokane $85,640 San Luis Obispo $85,630 Port St. Lucie $84,240 Chicago $83,400 Redding $82,630 New York $82,300 Oxnard $82,190 Sacramento $79,940 Kiryas Joel $77,860 Los Angeles $77,280 Santa Rosa $76,340 Santa Cruz $75,870 Wenatchee $75,520 Lexington Park $73,620 Philadelphia $73,370 San Diego $73,360 Baltimore $73,170 Modesto $73,160 Riverside $73,070 Salem $72,890 Miami $72,020 Bakersfield $71,150 Austin $69,590 Fort Myers $66,870 Salisbury $65,830 Albany $65,760 Rochester $65,560 Allentown $65,300 Buffalo $65,140 Syracuse $64,930 Virginia Beach $64,500 Richmond $63,700 Merced $62,670 Indianapolis $62,630 Eugene $62,340 Fort Wayne $61,940 Pittsburgh $61,820 Tampa $61,790 Utica $61,560 Houston $61,060 Elkhart $61,040 Reading $60,980 Orlando $60,950 Jacksonville $60,650 Visalia $60,650 South Bend $60,630 Lancaster $60,450 Dallas $60,050 Lafayette $59,760 Winchester $59,540 Waco $59,460 Evansville $59,230 Ann Arbor $59,020 Panama City $58,880 Harrisburg $58,640 Charlottesville $58,570 Sarasota $58,550 Terre Haute $58,410 Gainesville $58,330 Roanoke $58,050 Pensacola $57,770 Lexington $57,430 Lakeland $57,360 Abilene $57,350 Scranton $57,100 Detroit $57,080 York $56,970 Louisville $56,950 Glens Falls $56,780 Watertown $56,770 Hagerstown $56,760 Crestview $56,460 Amarillo $56,450 Midland $56,180 Tallahassee $55,850 San Antonio $55,320 Lansing $54,970 Traverse City $54,670 Champaign $54,530 Beaumont $54,310 Peoria $54,290 El Paso $53,970 Lubbock $53,680 Williamsport $53,090 Paducah $53,020 Deltona $52,980 Corpus Christi $52,580 College Station $52,550 Erie $52,330 Grand Rapids $52,200 Brownsville $50,760 Victoria $50,720 Homosassa Springs $49,780 Wheeling $49,590 Palm Bay $49,480 Morgantown $49,450 Wichita Falls $49,410 McAllen $49,050 Bowling Green $48,870 Flint $48,870 Blacksburg $48,710 Ocala $48,660 Longview $48,340 Johnstown $48,050 Sherman $48,010 Huntington $47,990 Weirton $47,760 Laredo $47,140 Charleston $45,100
CityMean salaryvs. McAllen
Abilene, Texas$57,350+16.9%
Albany, New York$65,760+34.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$65,300+33.1%
Amarillo, Texas$56,450+15.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$59,020+20.3%
Austin, Texas$69,590+41.9%
Bakersfield, California$71,150+45.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$73,170+49.2%
Beaumont, Texas$54,310+10.7%
Bellingham, Washington$119,190+143.0%
Blacksburg, Virginia$48,710-0.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$48,870-0.4%
Bremerton, Washington$110,800+125.9%
Brownsville, Texas$50,760+3.5%
Buffalo, New York$65,140+32.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$66,870+36.3%
Champaign, Illinois$54,530+11.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$45,100-8.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$58,570+19.4%
Chicago, Illinois$83,400+70.0%
College Station, Texas$52,550+7.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$52,580+7.2%
Crestview, Florida$56,460+15.1%
Dallas, Texas$60,050+22.4%
Deltona, Florida$52,980+8.0%
Detroit, Michigan$57,080+16.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$61,040+24.4%
El Paso, Texas$53,970+10.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$52,330+6.7%
Eugene, Oregon$62,340+27.1%
Evansville, Indiana$59,230+20.8%
Flint, Michigan$48,870-0.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$61,940+26.3%
Gainesville, Florida$58,330+18.9%
Glens Falls, New York$56,780+15.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$52,200+6.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$56,760+15.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$58,640+19.6%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$49,780+1.5%
Houston, Texas$61,060+24.5%
Huntington, West Virginia$47,990-2.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$62,630+27.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$60,650+23.6%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$48,050-2.0%
Kennewick, Washington$92,330+88.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$77,860+58.7%
Lafayette, Indiana$59,760+21.8%
Lakeland, Florida$57,360+16.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$60,450+23.2%
Lansing, Michigan$54,970+12.1%
Laredo, Texas$47,140-3.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$57,430+17.1%
Lexington Park, Maryland$73,620+50.1%
Longview, Texas$48,340-1.4%
Los Angeles, California$77,280+57.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$56,950+16.1%
Lubbock, Texas$53,680+9.4%
Merced, California$62,670+27.8%
Miami, Florida$72,020+46.8%
Midland, Texas$56,180+14.5%
Modesto, California$73,160+49.2%
Morgantown, West Virginia$49,450+0.8%
Mount Vernon, Washington$106,520+117.2%
New York, New York$82,300+67.8%
Sarasota, Florida$58,550+19.4%
Ocala, Florida$48,660-0.8%
Olympia, Washington$109,680+123.6%
Orlando, Florida$60,950+24.3%
Oxnard, California$82,190+67.6%
Paducah, Kentucky$53,020+8.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$49,480+0.9%
Panama City, Florida$58,880+20.0%
Pensacola, Florida$57,770+17.8%
Peoria, Illinois$54,290+10.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$73,370+49.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$61,820+26.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$84,240+71.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$60,980+24.3%
Redding, California$82,630+68.5%
Richmond, Virginia$63,700+29.9%
Riverside, California$73,070+49.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$58,050+18.3%
Rochester, New York$65,560+33.7%
Sacramento, California$79,940+63.0%
Salem, Oregon$72,890+48.6%
Salinas, California$88,690+80.8%
Salisbury, Maryland$65,830+34.2%
San Antonio, Texas$55,320+12.8%
San Diego, California$73,360+49.6%
San Francisco, California$92,860+89.3%
San Jose, California$92,750+89.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$85,630+74.6%
Santa Cruz, California$75,870+54.7%
Santa Rosa, California$76,340+55.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$57,100+16.4%
Seattle, Washington$117,660+139.9%
Sherman, Texas$48,010-2.1%
South Bend, Indiana$60,630+23.6%
Spokane, Washington$85,640+74.6%
Syracuse, New York$64,930+32.4%
Tallahassee, Florida$55,850+13.9%
Tampa, Florida$61,790+26.0%
Terre Haute, Indiana$58,410+19.1%
Traverse City, Michigan$54,670+11.5%
Utica, New York$61,560+25.5%
Victoria, Texas$50,720+3.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$64,500+31.5%
Visalia, California$60,650+23.6%
Waco, Texas$59,460+21.2%
Watertown, New York$56,770+15.7%
Weirton, West Virginia$47,760-2.6%
Wenatchee, Washington$75,520+54.0%
Wheeling, West Virginia$49,590+1.1%
Wichita Falls, Texas$49,410+0.7%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$53,090+8.2%
Winchester, Virginia$59,540+21.4%
York, Pennsylvania$56,970+16.1%
Gross salary
49,050/yr
Estimated take-home
41,592/yr
Est. total withheld
15.2%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 29-2043 SOC code
Official area McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 32580 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
EdinburgMission
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
880,921