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Over time
Our medics work 24 on 48 off. So in a 2wk pay period, you have 120hr.
15 x 80 = 1,200. then add over-time
22.5 x 40 = 900
So 2,100 per 2 weeks x 26 pay checks = 54,600
Actually you get two 120hr checks and then a 96 which would bring that down a bit. But you also get off late pretty often or whatever so you recoup a lot of that. So rather than make the math more complicated, I just said 50-55.
I'm an operations manager for a private ems service. Should we be paid more? Absolutely! But a lot of the complaining you see about fire fighters and medics making 12$ an hour is misleading. Its hard for people to wrap their heads around the schedule.
Thanks. So i'm guessing it's a 24hr on call shift where a fair amount of time is spent resting? it'd be an insane amount of pressure to be driving and attending to patients for 24hrs straight.