High paying healthcare support jobs in Knoxville, TN

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Knoxville, TN. 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 Knoxville, TN run 7.4% below the national average (2024), so a Knoxville, TN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Knoxville, TN · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$60,280
Associate's degree
$46,970 – $79,330440
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$59,930
Associate's degree
$23,910 – $74,830210
3Massage Therapists$47,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$15,690 – $97,480170
4Dental Assistants$46,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,810 – $60,1401,030
5Medical Equipment Preparers$46,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,920 – $58,720210
6Medical Assistants$38,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,980 – $47,8902,550
7Phlebotomists$38,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,970 – $46,880490
8Nursing Assistants$38,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,140 – $43,4503,860
9Medical Transcriptionists$37,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,470 – $50,740340
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$35,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,620 – $43,090530
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$32,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,430 – $36,2904,610
12Pharmacy Aides$29,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,230 – $36,030170

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

#	Occupation	MedianKnoxville, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$60,280	$46,970 – $79,330	440
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$59,930	$23,910 – $74,830	210
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,120	$15,690 – $97,480	170
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,790	$37,810 – $60,140	1,030
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,250	$33,920 – $58,720	210
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,880	$32,980 – $47,890	2,550
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,090	$34,970 – $46,880	490
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,000	$31,140 – $43,450	3,860
9	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,860	$22,470 – $50,740	340
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,660	$30,620 – $43,090	530
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,710	$28,430 – $36,290	4,610
12	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,700	$25,230 – $36,030	170

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