High paying healthcare support jobs in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC run 11.5% below the national average (2024), so a Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$63,800
Associate's degree
$54,660 – $77,530140
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$63,120
Associate's degree
$52,560 – $76,28070
3Dental Assistants$48,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,830 – $57,610320
4Medical Assistants$43,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,080 – $47,900820
5Medical Equipment Preparers$42,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $56,12070
6Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$39,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $58,87070
7Phlebotomists$37,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,800 – $45,850170
8Nursing Assistants$37,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,240 – $44,8602,780
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,010 – $46,220170
10Pharmacy Aides$31,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,030 – $38,23050
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$30,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,570 – $37,3802,040

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

#	Occupation	MedianHickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$63,800	$54,660 – $77,530	140
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$63,120	$52,560 – $76,280	70
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,720	$37,830 – $57,610	320
4	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,290	$35,080 – $47,900	820
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,260	$36,810 – $56,120	70
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,960	$37,530 – $58,870	70
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,890	$34,800 – $45,850	170
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,430	$31,240 – $44,860	2,780
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,310	$26,010 – $46,220	170
10	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,390	$20,030 – $38,230	50
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,490	$23,570 – $37,380	2,040

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. 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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