High paying healthcare support jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI run 0.3% above the national average (2024), so a Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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.

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, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Employed

1Massage Therapists$70,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,820 – $89,5101,310
2Physical Therapist Assistants$62,220
Associate's degree
$29,230 – $80,4901,880
3Dental Assistants$50,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,010 – $58,6606,030
4Medical Equipment Preparers$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,590 – $61,2701,030
5Phlebotomists$43,180
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,510 – $49,0701,230
6Nursing Assistants$39,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,900 – $47,62017,300
7Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$39,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,760 – $54,5401,030
8Medical Assistants$39,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,280 – $48,75012,400
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$38,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,810 – $47,2101,470
10Orderlies$36,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $41,890820
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$35,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $42,70046,480
12Physical Therapist Aides$28,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,070 – $37,710800

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

#	Occupation	MedianDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$70,960	$33,820 – $89,510	1,310
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,220	$29,230 – $80,490	1,880
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,110	$37,010 – $58,660	6,030
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$39,590 – $61,270	1,030
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,180	$37,510 – $49,070	1,230
6	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,900	$37,900 – $47,620	17,300
7	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,550	$30,760 – $54,540	1,030
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,410	$33,280 – $48,750	12,400
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,830	$30,810 – $47,210	1,470
10	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,220	$34,200 – $41,890	820
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,120	$25,960 – $42,700	46,480
12	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,570	$27,070 – $37,710	800

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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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