High paying healthcare support jobs in Chico, CA

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chico, CA. 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 Chico, CA run 1.2% above the national average (2024), so a Chico, CA salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Chico, CA · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$76,580
Associate's degree
$46,440 – $97,260100
2Massage Therapists$63,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,490 – $100,07040
3Phlebotomists$59,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,370 – $61,620100
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$50,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $73,260120
5Medical Transcriptionists$50,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,460 – $59,190120
6Dental Assistants$48,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,560 – $60,960290
7Medical Assistants$47,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,050 – $58,450770
8Nursing Assistants$46,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,860 – $56,620790
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$43,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $49,230120
10Pharmacy Aides$39,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $60,39040
11Physical Therapist Aides$38,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $45,36030
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $38,1005,940

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

#	Occupation	MedianChico, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$76,580	$46,440 – $97,260	100
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,290	$43,490 – $100,070	40
3	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,100	$47,370 – $61,620	100
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,580	$34,670 – $73,260	120
5	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,020	$46,460 – $59,190	120
6	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,170	$38,560 – $60,960	290
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,150	$39,050 – $58,450	770
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,380	$38,860 – $56,620	790
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,830	$36,530 – $49,230	120
10	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,980	$35,260 – $60,390	40
11	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,230	$34,320 – $45,360	30
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$34,320 – $38,100	5,940

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