EMS, a romantic notion.

[Handsome Robb]

Like I said, I'll take. You can put me on a heavy rescue and never hear a complaint from me.

Time out. You don't get to jump straight to Rescue right outta the gate! Oh wait....disregard

 

[Veneficus]

Time out. You don't get to jump straight to Rescue right outta the gate! Oh wait....disregard

I have experience. I am not right out of the gate.

 

[Handsome Robb]

I have experience. I am not right out of the gate.

I know, sorry poor attempt at a joke. I need to go to bed.

 

[RocketMedic]

Heck, I'd love to move there.

 

[mycrofft]

Yes, but $60k/yr doesn't go too far in NYC where I'm from, or in LI where NYMedic lives.

You pay local taxes in addition to State and Federal in NYC, car insurance is astronomical, so is fuel, a 2 BR apartment that's not in the ghetto costs from $1500/month to well over $2000/month in even a lower middle class neighborhood. Forget about owning a house unless you go in with family for a 2-family plus rented basement, like a lot of foreigners do, where all the adults work FT while the grandparents provide free child care. Property taxes in LI can and do run north of $10,000/yr as a rule. Some property tax bills run the same as the mortgage on my $330,000 house here in VA!

$60,000/yr is practically welfare wages in NY unless you're single and living in a studio apartment in the outer boroughs.

A strong point about comparisons. Your NY dollar (or San Fancisco or Los Angeles dollar) goes far shorter than your Omaha, Portland or Bangor dollar. (And social security/medicare/insurance companies don't take that into account).
The campaigning "reformers" say all civil servants make too much. Hope they need a TOledo ambulance solmetime.

 

[NYMedic828]

A strong point about comparisons. Your NY dollar (or San Fancisco or Los Angeles dollar) goes far shorter than your Omaha, Portland or Bangor dollar. (And social security/medicare/insurance companies don't take that into account).
The campaigning "reformers" say all civil servants make too much. Hope they need a TOledo ambulance solmetime.

A top pay FDNY firefighter with some overtime here as there usually makes about $100,000 a year. Bosses and specialty companies usually do $120-160,000 a year.

In any other state that would be great wages but in NYC/LI it's enough to be comfortable assuming your wife helps pay the bills.

I pay $200 a month in car insurance alone... A one bedroom apartment in someone's basement would run me $1200 a month. Hence why I still live with my folks.

 

[46Young]

A top pay FDNY firefighter with some overtime here as there usually makes about $100,000 a year. Bosses and specialty companies usually do $120-160,000 a year.

In any other state that would be great wages but in NYC/LI it's enough to be comfortable assuming your wife helps pay the bills.

I pay $200 a month in car insurance alone... A one bedroom apartment in someone's basement would run me $1200 a month. Hence why I still live with my folks.

Not to mention that you have to wash your clothes at the laundromat as well in most cases.

 

[46Young]

A strong point about comparisons. Your NY dollar (or San Fancisco or Los Angeles dollar) goes far shorter than your Omaha, Portland or Bangor dollar. (And social security/medicare/insurance companies don't take that into account).
The campaigning "reformers" say all civil servants make too much. Hope they need a TOledo ambulance solmetime.

This is why I say that all things being equal, try and work for the better paying department with a higher cost of living. Saving 10% of $100k is better than saving 10% of $60k. Same thing for pension multipliers. It's all about the best retirement. You can always relocate to a locale with a lower cost of living afterward.

 

[46Young]

Heck, I'd love to move there.

You can. We hire from all over the country, medics preferred. We get a lot of NY, Ohio, and Florida refugees.

 

[46Young]

Like I said, I'll take. You can put me on a heavy rescue and never hear a complaint from me.

There's no age restrictions here, just sayin'

 

[RocketMedic]

whats your agency called?

 

[usalsfyre]

whats your agency called?

Not to step on his toes, but it's Fairfax County Fire and Rescue

 

[NYMedic828]

I have a pretty set plan at this point.

I was hired early enough to avoid the hits that were taken by NYC police and fire pensions. I am grandfathered into the old system that still has a 20/50 retirement with benefits for life. 75% pension untaxed if I am injured and put out. As far as my future goes, I am set. I will have just shy of 4 years in EMS come January which I can buy back by paying more into my pension and I can retire at 39 if I so choose to.

Anyone hired after me is not in the same boat unfortunately but it is still worth while.