New York Post
By Matthew Sedacca | Published November 2, 2024
They save New Yorkers’ lives — but might be better off driving an Uber.
Big Apple Uber drivers who worked 32 hours a week for 50 weeks a year netted $52,900 on average, according to an October report from the ride-share company. The figure dwarfs the base annual salary of $39,386 for the city’s first-year emergency medical technicians.
Despite spending hundreds of hours learning life-saving medical skills, including training to perform emergency births, manage fractures and conduct trauma assessments, EMTs can expect to work five years before bringing in a maximum base salary of $59,534, plus benefits.
“I have friends who have left this job to do Instacart, to do Uber, to do Lyft,” Oren Barzilay, president of the Local 2507 of District Council 37, which represents the city’s 4,100 EMTs and paramedics, told The Post.