SOC 29-2042 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Emergency Medical Technicians make in Dover, DE?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Emergency Medical Technicians in Dover, DE is $45,060. The 10th percentile is $38,800 and the 90th percentile is $46,830. Employment is 160.

Median annual wage

$45,060

10th percentile
$38,800
25th percentile
$39,060
Median
$45,060
75th percentile
$46,790
90th percentile
$46,830
Mean
$45,160

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Emergency Medical Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $38,800 and the 90th percentile is $46,830. The difference is $8,030, which is 17.8% 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 $39,060 to the 75th at $46,790, covers $7,730.

The mean annual wage is $45,160, which sits above the median of $45,060. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dover, DE median is 1.3% higher than the national median of $44,470 for Emergency Medical Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,212, which is 3.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.7% lower than the Delaware median of $46,790.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,060 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Emergency Medical Technicians at $46,212 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Emergency Medical Technicians. Dover, DE ranks 13th of 27 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).).

  • Vineland, NJ is 26 miles away, with a median of $52,890 and employment of 150. That median is 17.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,112, against $46,212 here.
  • Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 43 miles away, with a median of $47,060 and employment of 380. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,604, against $46,212 here.
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 56 miles away, with a median of $47,790 and employment of 4,970. That median is 6.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,600, against $46,212 here.

Employment share

Emergency Medical Technicians accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Dover, DE (160 of 68,080). Nationally the occupation is 0.12% of employment (180,510 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.02 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Dover, DE · Emergency Medical Technicians by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Emergency Medical Technicians make in Dover, DE?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Emergency Medical Technicians in Dover, DE is $45,060. The 10th percentile is $38,800 and the 90th percentile is $46,830. Employment is 160.

How does that compare with the national median for Emergency Medical Technicians?

The local median is 1.3% higher than the national median of $44,470.

What is Emergency Medical Technicians pay in Dover, DE after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $45,060 is $46,212. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dover, DE compare with nearby metros for Emergency Medical Technicians?

Vineland, NJ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 26 miles away, at $52,890. Dover, DE ranks 13th of 27 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.