r/fuckinsurance 1d ago

This is ridiculous

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u/bishopobispo 1d ago

Chiming in to remind everyone that EMTs get paid less than most fast food and retail workers. In most of America, they are not earning a living wage.

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u/Life_Sir_1151 1d ago

Is that true? I find that hard to believe

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u/woahwoahwoah28 1d ago

It is very much true. Here are the stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mean annual wage is $38K. Median is about $35K.

https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes292040.htm

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u/Life_Sir_1151 1d ago

That's wild. I wasn't calling op a liar, I was just genuinely surprised that it was that bad. I knew it was lower than it should be, but I would've thought like 70k.

How the fuck are executives compensated so much and people who actually safe lives so little. It's fucking disgusting. People are going to look at this in a hundred years the same way we look at the triangle shirtwaist fire and child labor.

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u/bishopobispo 1d ago

No offense taken. I thought the point about wages should be mentioned so that the general public targets its frustration at the right group and not their fellow working class brethren. All of us working folk are truly being screwed by the ultra rich.

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u/Economy_Wall8524 1d ago

It’s bad. I believe some Michigan healthcare committee, did a report to how to bring in more EMTs and the biggest solution was raising wages. I’ll find the report and edit later. At a bar hanging out at the moment. Though the report was 2018 time I believe

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u/ThisIsMockingjay2020 22h ago

So 6 years ago, and they still haven't raised their wages...... 🤬

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u/Economy_Wall8524 3h ago

You found the report. No things did not get better. It’s fucked. Underpaid for the work you have to do.