High paying healthcare support jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · Employed

1Massage Therapists$68,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,080 – $95,290380
2Physical Therapist Assistants$61,830
Associate's degree
$28,790 – $80,600750
3Dental Assistants$49,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,900 – $62,7601,500
4Medical Equipment Preparers$48,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $60,410480
5Phlebotomists$44,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,560 – $48,700780
6Medical Assistants$44,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,280 – $49,9404,140
7Nursing Assistants$42,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,360 – $47,2607,650
8Orderlies$36,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,370 – $40,500280
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$35,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,400 – $45,520550
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$35,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,800 – $47,88010,970
11Pharmacy Aides$34,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,980 – $43,680220

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$68,230	$46,080 – $95,290	380
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,830	$28,790 – $80,600	750
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,100	$37,900 – $62,760	1,500
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,800	$35,340 – $60,410	480
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,830	$37,560 – $48,700	780
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,450	$37,280 – $49,940	4,140
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,220	$35,360 – $47,260	7,650
8	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,170	$34,370 – $40,500	280
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,950	$29,400 – $45,520	550
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,860	$28,800 – $47,880	10,970
11	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,730	$33,980 – $43,680	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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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