High paying healthcare support jobs in Charleston, WV

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Charleston, WV. 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 Charleston, WV run 11.3% below the national average (2024), so a Charleston, WV salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Charleston, WV · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$63,020
Associate's degree
$44,920 – $86,14080
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$57,520
Associate's degree
$52,560 – $74,90040
3Medical Equipment Preparers$45,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,080 – $51,970100
4Phlebotomists$40,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,470 – $45,890450
5Medical Assistants$38,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,920 – $45,160900
6Dental Assistants$38,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,270 – $57,270210
7Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$37,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,260 – $50,05060
8Nursing Assistants$36,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,620 – $43,6401,380
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$32,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,070 – $37,09090
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$28,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,400 – $30,7203,200

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

#	Occupation	MedianCharleston, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$63,020	$44,920 – $86,140	80
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$57,520	$52,560 – $74,900	40
3	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,610	$35,080 – $51,970	100
4	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,120	$38,470 – $45,890	450
5	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,190	$30,920 – $45,160	900
6	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,090	$34,270 – $57,270	210
7	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,130	$29,260 – $50,050	60
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,250	$32,620 – $43,640	1,380
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,070	$23,070 – $37,090	90
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,680	$22,400 – $30,720	3,200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Charleston, WV. 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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