AEMT jobs
210 jobs are open to AEMTs right now. The ones that ask for an AEMT come first, then the EMT jobs your license also covers. The median posted rate is $33 an hour across 63 US listings with pay. Our board leaves out the lowest-paying jobs.
- 210 open now
- 25 new in the last 7 days
- $33/hr median posted rate
Updated November 5, 2026
Latest listings
How they're posted: Full time 83% · Contract 14% · Temporary 1% · Not stated 1%
- Full time 3 days ago
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
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Colquitt, Georgia
- Full time 1 week ago
EMT Advanced
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Prestonsburg, Kentucky
- Full time 2 weeks ago
EMT Advanced - Located in Tulia, TX
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Tulia, Texas
- Full time 3 weeks ago
EMT Advanced (EMT Adv)
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Cleveland, Texas
- Full time 3 weeks ago
EMT Advanced (EMT Adv)
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Coldspring, Texas
- Full time 4 weeks ago
Advanced EMT or Paramedic (Wake Island)
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Wake Island, Hawaii
- Full time 4 weeks ago
Advanced EMT or Paramedic
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Wake Island, Hawaii
- Full time 4 weeks ago
Advanced EMT / Paramedic (Wake Island)
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Wake Island, Hawaii
- Full time 4 weeks ago
Advanced EMT / Paramedic
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Wake Island, Hawaii
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What it pays
From the 63 US listings that show pay (36% of US listings). Each listing counts once, at the middle of its range, in whole dollars. Annual pay is divided by 2,080 hours; day rates are left out.
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All listings 63 listings
Median $33/hr Middle half $31–$35
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EMT listings 59 listings
Median $33/hr Middle half $32–$35
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Paramedic listings 330 listings, for comparison
Median $36/hr Middle half $33–$42
What you need
Most listings open to AEMTs ask for:
- An AEMT license for the state you'll work in, or an EMT license for the EMT-level jobs. National Registry certification helps with many state applications, but the state issues the license.
- BLS, and a valid driver's license for ambulance work.
- The extra ticket the job needs: Firefighter I and II for fire departments, OSHA 10 or 30 for industrial sites.
Share of the 187 listings here that name each one.
The National Registry's AEMT certification is one computer-based exam, with no separate psychomotor exam. Your state decides what an AEMT may do, so check its rules before you take a job there.
What the work looks like
AEMT jobs show up where an employer wants more than basic life support without a paramedic on every truck:
- 911 and rural EMS: ambulance services that staff AEMTs on the truck.
- Fire departments: firefighter/AEMT postings, usually with Firefighter I and II and a hiring test.
- Industrial sites and clinics: site medic and clinic work that hires EMTs and AEMTs. See industrial and site medic jobs.
- Contract work, including overseas: fixed-term contracts, some on remote or government sites. See travel and contract jobs.
Every other job on this page asks for an EMT. Your license covers those too, so they follow the AEMT ones.
How to get hired
- Get your AEMT license in the state you want to work, and keep your National Registry certification current if your state uses it.
- Apply first to the listings that ask for an AEMT. On EMT listings, ask whether the AEMT changes the rate.
- Add the ticket the work asks for: Firefighter I and II for fire, OSHA 10 or 30 for industrial.
- Check licensing before you apply out of state. The EMS Compact covers AEMTs licensed in a member state.
- Ask for the base rate and the overtime separately.
Before you go after it
- The AEMT doesn't always raise the rate. Compare the AEMT and EMT medians above before you count on it.
- Scope changes at the state line. Each state decides what an AEMT may do. Check before you take a job in a new one.
- Most listings here ask for an EMT. Your license covers them, so they're listed after the ones that ask for an AEMT.
- Paramedic is the next rung. Compare the paramedic median above if you're deciding whether to bridge.
Where the jobs are
Listings by state, or by country outside the US. A median shows where at least five US listings in that place post pay.
6 more US listings don't name a state.
Questions
How much do AEMTs make?
On our board right now, jobs open to AEMTs post a median $33 an hour across 63 US listings with pay, about $69k a year at 40 hours. Our board leaves out the lowest-paying jobs, so this runs above the average for all AEMT work.
Can an AEMT work EMT jobs?
Yes. An AEMT license covers EMT-level work, which is why the EMT jobs open to you are listed here too. The employer and your state's rules decide the scope you work at.
How do I get National Registry AEMT certification?
You need a current National Registry certification or state license at the EMT level or higher, a state-approved AEMT course finished within the past two years, and a pass on the National Registry AEMT exam. Since July 2024 that is one computer-based exam, with no separate psychomotor exam.
Can AEMTs work in other states?
Through the EMS Compact, an AEMT licensed in a member state can practice in the other member states, working for an EMS agency there. Outside the Compact you need that state's license.
Should I bridge to paramedic?
On our board right now, paramedic listings post a median $36 an hour, against $33 for jobs open to AEMTs. The paramedic license also opens flight, offshore and most international medic work.
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How we count
Counts and pay come from the live listings on our board: published and not past their closing date, as of November 5, 2026. One posting repeated by an employer counts once in every figure except the number open. Pay figures use US listings only, because other countries post in their own currencies. The board leaves out listings below its pay floor, so these figures run above averages across all EMS jobs.
Guidance on this page was last checked on November 5, 2026. Sources: