High paying healthcare support jobs in Bend, OR

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bend, OR. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single healthcare support job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Bend, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Bend, OR salary is worth about 0.97× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Bend, OR · Employed

1Massage Therapists$94,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,380 – $108,390210
2Physical Therapist Assistants$62,490
Associate's degree
$60,950 – $84,10080
3Dental Assistants$59,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,900 – $73,030420
4Medical Assistants$50,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,680 – $61,450840
5Nursing Assistants$50,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,440 – $58,710620
6Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$49,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,720 – $64,580110
7Medical Equipment Preparers$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $58,200110
8Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$44,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $47,280290
9Pharmacy Aides$43,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $66,35050
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$43,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,380 – $50,0101,400
11Physical Therapist Aides$35,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,770 – $44,080100

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianBend, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$94,580	$47,380 – $108,390	210
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,490	$60,950 – $84,100	80
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,590	$43,900 – $73,030	420
4	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,080	$44,680 – $61,450	840
5	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,080	$45,440 – $58,710	620
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,340	$44,720 – $64,580	110
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$35,810 – $58,200	110
8	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,190	$37,790 – $47,280	290
9	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,610	$38,160 – $66,350	50
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,140	$38,380 – $50,010	1,400
11	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,730	$31,770 – $44,080	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bend, OR. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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