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Oldfield EMT pay is ridiocouls.

waloshin

waloshin

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I hear the average EMT(Advanced Care Paramedic) in the United States makes $ 6.00 - $11.00 an hour. There's a job in Calgary Alberta it's a oil field looking for EMT, and the pay is $550.00 a day, 40 hours a week.

What do you think?
 
Speaking as someone who lives in Alberta, I'd must remind you that living in camp in the oil field is NOT a pleasent experience... google Fort McMurray and you'll get a sense of what I'm talking about.
 
ObDisclaimer: I'm an ex-medic. 🙂

The US minimum wage is currently $7.25/hour, and several states have a higher minimum wage, so what you hear about EMT salaries has to be wrong. It's not like an EMT gets tips. 😉 According to payscale.com, the hourly rate for an EMT is usually between $10 and $16 per hour.

That said, while the hourly rate isn't that high, EMTs usually work more than 40 hours per week. I'd work 2 24-hour shifts back-to-back, so that's 8 hours of overtime just in those two days. While I was only making $8/hour, overtime would run that up pretty quickly to a good salary.
 
waloshin said:
I hear the average EMT(Advanced Care Paramedic) in the United States makes $ 6.00 - $11.00 an hour. There's a job in Calgary Alberta it's a oil field looking for EMT, and the pay is $550.00 a day, 40 hours a week.

What do you think?
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I think I started reading this thread thinking it was about Tubular Bells. Lots of people move to the oldfields for a few years to make some good money. It's hard work, and the living is not easy. Some people play really hard, buy all the toys, burn-out and leave the 'fields with a truck, an ATV and not much else. Others bank the pay, have a good time regardless - but without the toys - and walk away with a good sized bank account to start a new life.

Oh, and unless you are a Canadian citizen you can't just move to Alberta and apply for work - you need to apply for a work visa which generally aren't easy to get if the job is one that a Canadian can fill.
 
Working for extractive industries (mines, oil companies) in the field can be very lucrative - but they pay high wages because you'll be working in remote locations, in harsh weather, and there is often a elevated level of risk to the job. You have to factor all that against the higher pay.
 
Oldfield EMT pay is ridiocouls.

Tower-Union said:
Speaking as someone who lives in Alberta, I'd must remind you that living in camp in the oil field is NOT a pleasent experience... google Fort McMurray and you'll get a sense of what I'm talking about.
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Yes. I am told, by people in the know, that biker gangs rule the place.

If you do decide to try it, don't burn your bridges before you leave. 😉

And your title is hurting my eyes. Please fix it.
 
nadyne said:
ObDisclaimer: I'm an ex-medic. 🙂

The US minimum wage is currently $7.25/hour, and several states have a higher minimum wage, so what you hear about EMT salaries has to be wrong. It's not like an EMT gets tips. 😉 According to payscale.com, the hourly rate for an EMT is usually between $10 and $16 per hour.

That said, while the hourly rate isn't that high, EMTs usually work more than 40 hours per week. I'd work 2 24-hour shifts back-to-back, so that's 8 hours of overtime just in those two days. While I was only making $8/hour, overtime would run that up pretty quickly to a good salary.
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I know a lot of people the the EMT field (mostly pre-meds etc) in LA and they'd be freakin lucky to get $10 an hour. That said, most of their situations are exactly like yours where, they make $8 with a good amount of overtime.
 
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