Paramedics in West Virginia earn a median of $48,460 a year (20% below the U.S. median of $60,600), based on about 1,090 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within West Virginia. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.

Median annual pay

$48,460

20% below the U.S. median of $60,600

Average annual pay

$48,940

Mean wage

Pay range

$35,930–$62,800

10th to 90th percentile

Jobs in the state

1,090

Employees, May 2025

Median hourly pay

$23.30

Before taxes

The state's price level is 89.5 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $48,460 here equals roughly $54,145 after adjusting for the state's price level.

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Fields of study linked to this career by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk (U.S. Department of Education, NCES, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics; a classification crosswalk, and many workers entered by other routes): Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.