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Hiring difficulty · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Emergency Medical Technicians hiring difficulty in Atlanta, GA

Emergency Medical Technicians in Atlanta, GA lands at 8.6 out of 10, in the hard band of the public market difficulty score. In Georgia, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 5.3%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 59.8 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). This occupation's share of jobs in Atlanta is close to its share of U.S. jobs. The location quotient is 0.92 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Metro median pay for this occupation is $47,500 a year, above the Georgia median of $45,550 and above the U.S. median of $44,470 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 3,090 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Atlanta. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. On healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations, Atlanta sits at rank 12 in this set of 80 metros.

Public market difficulty score
8.6
Hard

Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built

Key numbers

Metro median pay
$47,500
Georgia $45,550 · U.S. $44,470. BLS OEWS, May 2025, annual wage.
Local 75th percentile
$48,890
Georgia $48,400 · U.S. $50,100. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Statewide hiring pace
59.8 days
All industries, Georgia, December 2025. U.S. pace 37.8 days that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Levels: 279 thousand openings and 142 thousand hires.
Statewide openings rate
5.3%
All industries, Georgia, December 2025. U.S. rate 4.0% that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Statewide figure, for every industry in the state.
Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types)
Not shown
No count for Atlanta. The CMS NPPES extract (retrieved September 28, 2026) was queried in Oklahoma and Texas cities only. Where a count is shown, it covers all provider types in the metro and is the same for every role.

JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Georgia. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.

Annual pay

Metro employment 3,090 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.92. Metro area: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.

PercentileMetroGAU.S.
25th$42,340$37,820$37,960
Median$47,500$45,550$44,470
75th$48,890$48,400$50,100

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.

Score components

ComponentInputScoreReading
Local supply0.926.1Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages.
Statewide openings rate5.3%9.7Total nonfarm, all industries, Georgia, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC.
Statewide hiring pace59.8 days10.0Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 279 thousand openings and 142 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component.

Shown score 8.6 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method

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