High paying healthcare support jobs in Chattanooga, TN-GA

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Chattanooga, TN-GA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Chattanooga, TN-GA · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$62,360
Associate's degree
$48,960 – $79,040340
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$61,360
Associate's degree
$23,710 – $75,910210
3Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$57,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,160 – $70,570160
4Massage Therapists$48,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,120 – $85,68090
5Medical Transcriptionists$47,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,620 – $60,710120
6Dental Assistants$46,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,560 – $60,040670
7Medical Equipment Preparers$45,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,570 – $58,720220
8Medical Assistants$40,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,740 – $46,4202,060
9Nursing Assistants$38,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,060 – $44,6602,420
10Phlebotomists$37,350
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,640 – $47,160270
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,020 – $42,810340
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$32,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,880 – $37,7202,560
13Pharmacy Aides$30,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,640 – $37,41090
14Orderlies$29,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,320 – $36,430130
15Physical Therapist Aides$28,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,740 – $37,330110

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

#	Occupation	MedianChattanooga, TN-GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,360	$48,960 – $79,040	340
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,360	$23,710 – $75,910	210
3	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,400	$39,160 – $70,570	160
4	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,030	$36,120 – $85,680	90
5	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,680	$35,620 – $60,710	120
6	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,360	$37,560 – $60,040	670
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,860	$33,570 – $58,720	220
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,160	$35,740 – $46,420	2,060
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,790	$31,060 – $44,660	2,420
10	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,350	$34,640 – $47,160	270
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,170	$30,020 – $42,810	340
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,670	$28,880 – $37,720	2,560
13	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,020	$23,640 – $37,410	90
14	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,490	$28,320 – $36,430	130
15	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,610	$20,740 – $37,330	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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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