High paying healthcare support jobs in Hattiesburg, MS

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Hattiesburg, MS. 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 Hattiesburg, MS run 12.4% below the national average (2024), so a Hattiesburg, MS salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Hattiesburg, MS · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$58,610
Associate's degree
$47,590 – $72,16090
2Dental Assistants$38,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,430 – $57,870260
3Phlebotomists$37,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,660 – $49,02070
4Medical Transcriptionists$37,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $47,17040
5Medical Assistants$35,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,580 – $45,020290
6Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$35,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,360 – $60,88030
7Medical Equipment Preparers$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,100 – $43,10050
8Psychiatric Aides$31,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,340 – $36,750110
9Nursing Assistants$30,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$26,870 – $35,570840
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$28,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,130 – $35,40050
11Orderlies$26,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,570 – $33,02060
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$25,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,340 – $30,9001,460

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

#	Occupation	MedianHattiesburg, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$58,610	$47,590 – $72,160	90
2	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,190	$29,430 – $57,870	260
3	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,750	$30,660 – $49,020	70
4	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,590	$32,240 – $47,170	40
5	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,950	$29,580 – $45,020	290
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,860	$27,360 – $60,880	30
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$31,100 – $43,100	50
8	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,380	$24,340 – $36,750	110
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$30,440	$26,870 – $35,570	840
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,850	$26,130 – $35,400	50
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,840	$23,570 – $33,020	60
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,410	$22,340 – $30,900	1,460

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