High paying healthcare support jobs in El Paso, TX

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in El Paso, TX. 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 El Paso, TX run 10.1% below the national average (2024), so a El Paso, TX salary is worth about 1.11× 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, El Paso, TX · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$74,640
Associate's degree
$60,320 – $89,440130
2Physical Therapist Assistants$71,140
Associate's degree
$36,820 – $93,600320
3Massage Therapists$46,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,560 – $112,710190
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$44,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,470 – $64,940410
5Dental Assistants$39,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,080 – $46,540840
6Phlebotomists$35,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,390 – $46,510420
7Medical Assistants$35,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,710 – $44,8001,980
8Nursing Assistants$35,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,070 – $42,9702,310
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$28,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,250 – $37,470150
10Physical Therapist Aides$25,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,740 – $42,560200
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,970 – $27,50014,310

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

#	Occupation	MedianEl Paso, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$74,640	$60,320 – $89,440	130
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$71,140	$36,820 – $93,600	320
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,820	$28,560 – $112,710	190
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,660	$28,470 – $64,940	410
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,090	$30,080 – $46,540	840
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,820	$30,390 – $46,510	420
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,790	$28,710 – $44,800	1,980
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,170	$29,070 – $42,970	2,310
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,140	$22,250 – $37,470	150
10	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,300	$21,740 – $42,560	200
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,200	$20,970 – $27,500	14,310

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in El Paso, TX. 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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