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Commissioners approve two‑year rollout of new EMS pay scale for Starflight to align pay with local market
Summary
After months of study, the court on Aug. 26 approved a new Starflight/EMS pay scale to make air ambulance pay competitive with local ground EMS pay. Implementation will occur in two steps over two years; staff gave detailed costing and staff will form an EMS pay working group to monitor market alignment.
Travis County Commissioners on Aug. 26 unanimously approved creation of a dedicated Emergency Medical Services pay scale for the county’s Starflight air ambulance and related EMS staff, and authorized a two‑year implementation that county budget staff said will total about $1.37 million when fully phased in.
Why: Starflight medics, nurses and pilots have higher certification and rescue requirements than many ground‑ambulance medics and have struggled with recruitment and retention as ground EMS pay in the Austin area rose. HR and PBO designed an EMS pay scale indexed to the City of Austin/Austin‑Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) pay table, with an…
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