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Career Information for EMT And Paramedics in Illinois

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Fast Facts for EMT And Paramedics in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Kankakee and Springfield
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bloomington and Rockford
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago and Springfield

Salaries for EMT And Paramedics in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Chicago and Kankakee. (See table at bottom of page)

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Illinois Emergency Medical Technician Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Black Hawk CollegeMolineAssociate6,311
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicagoAssociate6,031
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeChicagoAssociate4,078
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicagoAssociate9,679
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicagoAssociate10,993
College of DuPageGlen EllynAssociate25,768
College of Lake CountyGrayslakeAssociate16,010
Elgin Community CollegeElginAssociate9,613
Harper CollegePalatineAssociate15,156
Illinois Central CollegeEast PeoriaAssociate11,804
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Frontier Community CollFairfieldAssociate2,102
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central CollegeOlneyAssociate1,610
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Wabash Valley CollegeMount CarmelAssociate4,206
John Wood Community CollegeQuincyAssociate2,417
Joliet Junior CollegeJolietAssociate13,149
Kankakee Community CollegeKankakeeAssociate3,591
Kishwaukee CollegeMaltaAssociate4,466
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfreyAssociate7,875
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfieldAssociate6,655
McHenry County CollegeCrystal LakeAssociate5,274
Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos HillsAssociate15,859
Oakton Community CollegeDes PlainesAssociate10,805
Parkland CollegeChampaignAssociate9,407
Prairie State CollegeChicago HeightsAssociate5,507
Rend Lake CollegeInaAssociate4,821
Richland Community CollegeDecaturAssociate3,274
Sauk Valley Community CollegeDixonAssociate2,700
South Suburban CollegeSouth HollandAssociate6,260
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBellevilleAssociate13,713
Trinity College of Nursing and Health SciencesRock IslandBachelor210
Triton CollegeRiver GroveAssociate15,658
Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar GroveAssociate8,731

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for EMT And Paramedics

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
EMT and Paramedics

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for EMT and Paramedics relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Kankakee80$35,0102
Springfield220$26,8701.8
Chicago6,860$42,1301.4
Rockford120$26,7900.6
Bloomington40$22,6800.5
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