High paying healthcare support jobs in Delaware

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Delaware. 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 Delaware run 0.2% below the national average (2024), so a Delaware salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Delaware.

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

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OccupationMedian, Delaware · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$78,640
Associate's degree
$63,970 – $82,070220
2Physical Therapist Assistants$74,610
Associate's degree
$51,750 – $83,510340
3Massage Therapists$58,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,250 – $98,220230
4Medical Equipment Preparers$53,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,120 – $63,450190
5Phlebotomists$48,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,720 – $58,520430
6Dental Assistants$47,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,410 – $56,840990
7Medical Assistants$44,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,540 – $57,2802,880
8Orderlies$43,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $43,800190
9Nursing Assistants$42,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,530 – $48,0805,530
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $40,43011,820
11Physical Therapist Aides$34,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $42,750300

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

#	Occupation	MedianDelaware	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$78,640	$63,970 – $82,070	220
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$74,610	$51,750 – $83,510	340
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,870	$46,250 – $98,220	230
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,300	$47,120 – $63,450	190
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,110	$38,720 – $58,520	430
6	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,600	$36,410 – $56,840	990
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,490	$36,540 – $57,280	2,880
8	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,800	$36,620 – $43,800	190
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,030	$36,530 – $48,080	5,530
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$31,200 – $40,430	11,820
11	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,060	$31,200 – $42,750	300

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