High paying healthcare support jobs in Idaho

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Idaho. 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 Idaho run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Idaho salary is worth about 1.05× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Idaho.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Idaho · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$61,020
Associate's degree
$37,780 – $75,050560
2Medical Equipment Preparers$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $60,350580
3Dental Assistants$45,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,430 – $59,7402,680
4Medical Assistants$44,700
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,500 – $56,7405,250
5Phlebotomists$43,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,490 – $47,3401,010
6Nursing Assistants$38,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,380 – $47,4307,910
7Orderlies$38,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $46,700300
8Medical Transcriptionists$38,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,890 – $50,030400
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,230 – $44,730680
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,010 – $41,60020,770
11Physical Therapist Aides$28,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,600 – $40,680540

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

#	Occupation	MedianIdaho	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,020	$37,780 – $75,050	560
2	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$35,600 – $60,350	580
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,880	$37,430 – $59,740	2,680
4	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,700	$35,500 – $56,740	5,250
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,400	$35,490 – $47,340	1,010
6	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,650	$28,380 – $47,430	7,910
7	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,650	$37,530 – $46,700	300
8	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,140	$30,890 – $50,030	400
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,530	$24,230 – $44,730	680
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,790	$28,010 – $41,600	20,770
11	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,660	$23,600 – $40,680	540

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