High paying healthcare support jobs in Las Cruces, NM
Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Las Cruces, NM. 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 Las Cruces, NM run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Las Cruces, NM salary is worth about 1.11× 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
Associate's degree
$59,130 – $84,43050Associate's degree
$28,910 – $82,250100Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,730 – $46,830200Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,550 – $46,64060Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,560 – $45,400720Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,370 – $45,080390High school diploma or equivalent
$28,260 – $43,69050High school diploma or equivalent
$29,710 – $46,29060High school diploma or equivalent
$26,000 – $32,4506,430
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianLas Cruces, NM | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree | $75,750 | $59,130 – $84,430 | 50 |
| 2 | Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree | $61,220 | $28,910 – $82,250 | 100 |
| 3 | Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award | $38,400 | $32,730 – $46,830 | 200 |
| 4 | PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $38,270 | $33,550 – $46,640 | 60 |
| 5 | Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award | $37,650 | $30,560 – $45,400 | 720 |
| 6 | Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award | $37,400 | $30,370 – $45,080 | 390 |
| 7 | Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $35,800 | $28,260 – $43,690 | 50 |
| 8 | Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $29,800 | $29,710 – $46,290 | 60 |
| 9 | Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $27,840 | $26,000 – $32,450 | 6,430 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Las Cruces, NM. 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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