Salary Ambulance Officer | Paramedic Australia

Average Ambulance Officer / Paramedic Wages

Salary and pay information for ambulance officers / paramedics is compiled regularly by analysis of Australian jobs advertised in major publications. Salaries are annual unless otherwise stated.

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations Codes (ANZSCO) are 411111 for ambulance officers and 411112 for intensive care ambulance paramedics.

Job titles and exact tasks vary in this work and examples of some occupation titles are ambulance officer, intensive care ambulance paramedic, advanced care paramedic and patient transport officer.

The average full time ordinary earnings at the end of 2010 in the health care and social assistance industry were $63,060.

Ambulance Officer / Paramedic Salaries in 2010-2011

Job Title Salary / Wage $ Location
Advanced Care Paramedic 50,000 – 52,000 Queensland
Intensive Care Paramedic 56,000 – 58,000 Queensland
Patient Transport Officer 40,000 – 42,000 New South Wales
Paramedic 47,000 – 56,000 New South Wales
Paramedic Educator 87,000 – 94,000 New South Wales
Part -Time Paramedic $22 – $30 per hour New South Wales
Paramedic 42,000 – 55,000 Adelaide
Rescue Paramedic – Rescue Qualified 100,000 – 110,000 Western Australia
Paramedic 45,000 – 60,000 Perth
Casual First Aider $23 per hour Perth
HSE Medic 100,000 Western Australia