High paying healthcare support jobs in Jacksonville, FL

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jacksonville, FL. 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 Jacksonville, FL run 0.5% below the national average (2024), so a Jacksonville, FL salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Jacksonville, FL · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$70,540
Associate's degree
$59,110 – $77,070340
2Physical Therapist Assistants$67,460
Associate's degree
$57,760 – $79,540750
3Massage Therapists$50,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,580 – $79,040650
4Dental Assistants$50,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,470 – $58,9301,850
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,600 – $70,080410
6Medical Equipment Preparers$46,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $57,350430
7Medical Assistants$42,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,230 – $47,9506,860
8Medical Transcriptionists$39,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,610 – $53,540290
9Phlebotomists$38,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,790 – $47,910570
10Nursing Assistants$37,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,320 – $46,1607,960
11Psychiatric Aides$37,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $44,370410
12Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,090 – $47,120620
13Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,030 – $37,0605,740
14Orderlies$34,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,950 – $38,400350

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

#	Occupation	MedianJacksonville, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$70,540	$59,110 – $77,070	340
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$67,460	$57,760 – $79,540	750
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,600	$31,580 – $79,040	650
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,270	$36,470 – $58,930	1,850
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$33,600 – $70,080	410
6	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,030	$37,140 – $57,350	430
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,600	$37,230 – $47,950	6,860
8	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,100	$35,610 – $53,540	290
9	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,380	$36,790 – $47,910	570
10	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,760	$35,320 – $46,160	7,960
11	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,750	$37,750 – $44,370	410
12	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,710	$31,090 – $47,120	620
13	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,380	$30,030 – $37,060	5,740
14	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,290	$31,950 – $38,400	350

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