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Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Madison, WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians is $37,510 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $49,270 per year in Madison, WI. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 23.9% below Madison, WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 560 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 50 in Madison, WI. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.