High paying healthcare support jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA run 13.6% below the national average (2024), so a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$64,040
Associate's degree
$53,010 – $80,56060
2Physical Therapist Assistants$62,620
Associate's degree
$47,510 – $80,800160
3Medical Equipment Preparers$48,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,730 – $62,57080
4Dental Assistants$45,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,120 – $59,230320
5Medical Transcriptionists$44,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,580 – $48,14050
6Medical Assistants$38,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,060 – $47,670690
7Phlebotomists$37,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,570 – $47,120180
8Nursing Assistants$37,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,100 – $43,7101,400
9Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$37,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,600 – $48,03040
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$33,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,950 – $38,290140
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $39,2701,290
12Physical Therapist Aides$29,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $47,34050
13Orderlies$26,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,720 – $33,68090

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

#	Occupation	MedianKingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$64,040	$53,010 – $80,560	60
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,620	$47,510 – $80,800	160
3	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,050	$33,730 – $62,570	80
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,110	$36,120 – $59,230	320
5	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,790	$36,580 – $48,140	50
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,040	$34,060 – $47,670	690
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,870	$33,570 – $47,120	180
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,550	$30,100 – $43,710	1,400
9	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,190	$32,600 – $48,030	40
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,590	$28,950 – $38,290	140
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,760	$25,810 – $39,270	1,290
12	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,730	$25,810 – $47,340	50
13	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,720	$26,720 – $33,680	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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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