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The Ambulance Service responds to health emergencies. They provide urgent care to sick or injured people and get them to hospital.

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What’s the pay at the Ambulance Service?

The average pay at the Ambulance Service is between £9.45 and £13.01 per hour.

This table shows how pay rates at the Ambulance Service compare across the different types of jobs they offer.

Job Ambulance Service pay per hour
Ambulance care assistant £9.63-12.00 per hour
Emergency care assistant £10.07-13.30 per hour
Emergency medical technician £9.70-17.25 per hour

Last updated 19 January 2024

What is the Real Living Wage?

The Real Living Wage is a voluntary rate employers can sign up to that is based on the real cost of living.

Location Real Living Wage
London £13.15
Rest of the UK £12.00

What is the legal minimum wage?

The minimum wage is the legal minimum you must be paid per hour.

Age group Legal minimum wage
23 or older £10.42
21-22 £10.18
18-20 £7.49
Under 18 £5.28
Apprentices £5.28

How we know this

Based on data from 49 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between January 2023 and January 2024.

Which healthcare providers pay most?

What people are saying about pay at the Ambulance Service

  • Best thing

    One week on one week off

    Worst thing

    Understaffed and overworked/not enough pay for the work we do

    8.7

    Ambulance Service Employee, March 2023

  • Best thing

    The people i work with

    Worst thing

    Hours, pay, no sick pay, feel uncared for

    6.1

    Ambulance Service Care assistant, February 2023

  • Best thing

    Pay, training

    Worst thing

    Some managers aren’t understanding

    7.3

    Ambulance Service Emergency care assistant, July 2022

  • Best thing

    The colleagues I work with and the patients

    Worst thing

    No pay rise and hardly seeing my manager.

    8.2

    Ambulance Service Employee, July 2021

  • Best thing

    The people I work with.
    The unsocial pay.
    The unpredictable nature of the job is exciting

    Worst thing

    The stress and lack of resources
    The verbal abuse from the public
    The lack of understanding from management of how hard the job is

    7.0

    Ambulance Service Employee, July 2021

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