How much do Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians make in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $29,470 and the 90th percentile is $45,900. The difference is $16,430, which is 52.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $30,280 to the 75th at $34,260, covers $3,980.

The mean annual wage is $33,820, which sits above the median of $31,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ median is 12% lower than the national median of $35,450 for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,210, which is 12% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.7% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $32,730.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 99.968, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $31,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians at $31,210 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ranks 9th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Reading, PA is 38 miles away, with a median of $32,950 and employment of 50. That median is 5.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,948, against $31,210 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 62 miles away, with a median of $35,580 and employment of 590. That median is 14% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,694, against $31,210 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 83 miles away, with a median of $37,620 and employment of 540. That median is 20.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,421, against $31,210 here.

Employment share

Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (80 of 377,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,630 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.61 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.