Pay and benefits

[PapaBear]

Salary

Earn $3413 - $4147 a month. State salaries are based on a monthly compensated pay scale. New employees are appointed at the minimum salary rate and progress through the salary range to maximum with satisfactory job performance. Speciality pays include overtime, shift differential, and bilingual pay as assigned. Designated communications centers also receive retention and recruitment differential pay.


Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision package for the whole family. A great state retirement system (CalPERS) with additional options of 401K / 457 thrift plans. For more information contact CalPERS at www.calpers.ca.gov.


Incentives

$100 Bilingual Pay

Shift Differential for evenings / nights

Overtime with holiday pay at 2 1/2 times regular pay

$300 Retention Pay for Communication Centers in Vallejo, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Monterey, San Diego and the State Capitol Communication Center in Sacramento.

[chico.medic]

Is there any pay incentives for Paramedic? Not that it would be used outside of AirOps?

[dw]

Is there any pay incentives for Paramedic? Not that it would be used outside of AirOps?I do not believe so.

[Pasowilly]

Since they are assigned to an air ops. unit they also make an extra 5% flight pay. Not much compensation for a lot of additional training.

[dw]

Since they are assigned to an air ops. unit they also make an extra 5% flight pay. Not much compensation for a lot of additional training.For the record, many medics are not assigned to AirOps units, so the 5% is not a given just for being a medic.

[PH3N@M]

They may not get paid more, but there are definitely benefits, especially if your a jr. Officer.

[AmbuDriver03]

For the record, many medics are not assigned to AirOps units, so the 5% is not a given just for being a medic.


Sorry to revisit an old post, but are all FO's Medics, or just ones that would be assigned to SAR calls. I understand that all Officers are trained to an abbreviated EMT course, so obviously an air unit responding to a remote call to render first aid would be able to 'help'.

and for SAR calls, is there only 1 medic onboard? or would they land and pick up another medic before taking off to the remote call?

[dw]

Sorry to revisit an old post, but are all FO's Medics, or just ones that would be assigned to SAR calls. I understand that all Officers are trained to an abbreviated EMT course, so obviously an air unit responding to a remote call to render first aid would be able to 'help'.

and for SAR calls, is there only 1 medic onboard? or would they land and pick up another medic before taking off to the remote call?Most helicopter Flight Officers are medics, though there are a few that are BLS. Airplanes are all BLS (unless the FO just happens to be a medic). As far as I know, all missions are flown with a pilot and single FO.

[CHP Explorer]

Most helicopter Flight Officers are medics, though there are a few that are BLS. Airplanes are all BLS (unless the FO just happens to be a medic). As far as I know, all missions are flown with a pilot and single FO.

I was on a tour of the thermal air ops, and talking to the pliots the heilo can only carry a total of 3 people. So I guess picking up a medic would be out of question.

[KingFrankSam]

Salary

Earn $3413 - $4147 a month. State salaries are based on a monthly compensated pay scale. New employees are appointed at the minimum salary rate and progress through the salary range to maximum with satisfactory job performance. Speciality pays include overtime, shift differential, and bilingual pay as assigned. Designated communications centers also receive retention and recruitment differential pay.


Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision package for the whole family. A great state retirement system (CalPERS) with additional options of 401K / 457 thrift plans. For more information contact CalPERS at www.calpers.ca.gov (http://www.calpers.ca.gov).


Incentives

$100 Bilingual Pay

Shift Differential for evenings / nights

Overtime with holiday pay at 2 1/2 times regular pay

$300 Retention Pay for Communication Centers in Vallejo, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Monterey, San Diego and the State Capitol Communication Center in Sacramento.

The above is for dispatch, not officers. There may have been some confusion.

[dw]

I was on a tour of the thermal air ops, and talking to the pliots the heilo can only carry a total of 3 people. So I guess picking up a medic would be out of question.I was going to mention that, but it's a can of worms. We normally carry a lot of extra gear which limits the crew capacity. Leave some equipment behind and you can carry four people, but then you don't have the medical gear, so yeah.... Three for medical missions.