High paying healthcare support jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$72,530
Associate's degree
$61,740 – $79,6003,420
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$71,310
Associate's degree
$60,010 – $80,7601,090
3Massage Therapists$48,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,260 – $79,3302,740
4Dental Assistants$47,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,720 – $58,8809,180
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$46,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,390 – $74,6301,340
6Medical Equipment Preparers$46,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,870 – $64,2201,350
7Phlebotomists$45,210
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,940 – $47,7203,360
8Medical Assistants$44,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,650 – $51,93018,670
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$38,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $47,3601,440
10Nursing Assistants$38,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,670 – $47,76023,490
11Orderlies$35,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,700 – $44,7901,210
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$32,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $37,66028,350

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$72,530	$61,740 – $79,600	3,420
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$71,310	$60,010 – $80,760	1,090
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,370	$30,260 – $79,330	2,740
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,860	$37,720 – $58,880	9,180
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,770	$34,390 – $74,630	1,340
6	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,330	$35,870 – $64,220	1,350
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,210	$35,940 – $47,720	3,360
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,930	$35,650 – $51,930	18,670
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,340	$31,410 – $47,360	1,440
10	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,010	$34,670 – $47,760	23,490
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,770	$32,700 – $44,790	1,210
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,890	$31,200 – $37,660	28,350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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