High paying healthcare support jobs in Erie, PA

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Erie, PA. 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 Erie, PA run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Erie, PA salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Erie, PA · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$59,120
Associate's degree
$45,700 – $71,150110
2Massage Therapists$58,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,440 – $89,26080
3Occupational Therapy Assistants$58,470
Associate's degree
$50,480 – $75,24040
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$44,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,580 – $59,95060
5Dental Assistants$44,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,570 – $58,880230
6Medical Equipment Preparers$43,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $48,09070
7Medical Assistants$39,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,030 – $45,550460
8Nursing Assistants$39,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,240 – $45,3201,800
9Phlebotomists$39,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,000 – $46,240180
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$34,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,850 – $44,33080
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$27,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,780 – $37,5306,640

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

#	Occupation	MedianErie, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$59,120	$45,700 – $71,150	110
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,600	$34,440 – $89,260	80
3	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$58,470	$50,480 – $75,240	40
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,970	$38,580 – $59,950	60
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,930	$35,570 – $58,880	230
6	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,870	$38,230 – $48,090	70
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,640	$35,030 – $45,550	460
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,430	$37,240 – $45,320	1,800
9	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,280	$37,000 – $46,240	180
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,890	$28,850 – $44,330	80
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,860	$23,780 – $37,530	6,640

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