High paying healthcare support jobs in Louisiana

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Louisiana. 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 Louisiana run 11.8% below the national average (2024), so a Louisiana salary is worth about 1.13× 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 Louisiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Louisiana · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$66,090
Associate's degree
$31,530 – $83,200760
2Physical Therapist Assistants$65,370
Associate's degree
$24,360 – $81,5201,670
3Dental Assistants$44,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,050 – $49,6404,540
4Massage Therapists$36,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$18,080 – $59,680890
5Medical Assistants$36,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,970 – $44,46012,310
6Phlebotomists$36,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,770 – $47,1203,410
7Medical Equipment Preparers$35,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,880 – $50,440620
8Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$34,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,960 – $49,8104,100
9Pharmacy Aides$33,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,270 – $38,740730
10Nursing Assistants$30,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,980 – $37,39020,690
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$30,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,400 – $37,5101,230
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$22,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,190 – $32,13045,060
13Physical Therapist Aides$22,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,490 – $30,0701,380

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$66,090	$31,530 – $83,200	760
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$65,370	$24,360 – $81,520	1,670
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,090	$31,050 – $49,640	4,540
4	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,480	$18,080 – $59,680	890
5	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,320	$28,970 – $44,460	12,310
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,120	$29,770 – $47,120	3,410
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,960	$27,880 – $50,440	620
8	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,040	$24,960 – $49,810	4,100
9	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,450	$22,270 – $38,740	730
10	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$30,510	$27,980 – $37,390	20,690
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,480	$28,400 – $37,510	1,230
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,520	$19,190 – $32,130	45,060
13	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,460	$19,490 – $30,070	1,380

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Louisiana. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Louisiana to rank honestly.

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