High paying healthcare support jobs in Michigan

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Michigan. 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 Michigan run 3.8% below the national average (2024), so a Michigan salary is worth about 1.04× 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 Michigan.

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

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OccupationMedian, Michigan · Employed

1Massage Therapists$70,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,610 – $89,9502,410
2Physical Therapist Assistants$61,670
Associate's degree
$35,700 – $78,6004,520
3Dental Assistants$48,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,110 – $58,90011,990
4Psychiatric Aides$45,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,860 – $57,4101,410
5Medical Equipment Preparers$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $58,0502,420
6Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$40,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,560 – $59,4902,220
7Medical Assistants$39,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,000 – $48,33027,810
8Phlebotomists$39,860
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,850 – $48,8903,540
9Nursing Assistants$39,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,830 – $46,74043,290
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,410 – $46,7304,420
11Orderlies$36,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,740 – $41,9401,700
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$35,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,880 – $42,79095,020
13Physical Therapist Aides$29,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,070 – $38,3001,810

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

#	Occupation	MedianMichigan	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$70,960	$32,610 – $89,950	2,410
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,670	$35,700 – $78,600	4,520
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,820	$37,110 – $58,900	11,990
4	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,800	$34,860 – $57,410	1,410
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$37,750 – $58,050	2,420
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,280	$31,560 – $59,490	2,220
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,870	$35,000 – $48,330	27,810
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,860	$36,850 – $48,890	3,540
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,570	$36,830 – $46,740	43,290
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,960	$30,410 – $46,730	4,420
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,220	$32,740 – $41,940	1,700
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,000	$27,880 – $42,790	95,020
13	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,350	$27,070 – $38,300	1,810

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Michigan. 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 Michigan to rank honestly.

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