High paying healthcare support jobs in Modesto, CA

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Modesto, CA. 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 Modesto, CA run 4.1% above the national average (2024), so a Modesto, CA salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Modesto, CA · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$83,450
Associate's degree
$58,800 – $127,640150
2Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$55,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $77,550220
3Phlebotomists$51,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,660 – $74,330190
4Dental Assistants$50,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,400 – $62,460890
5Medical Assistants$49,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,830 – $78,0801,870
6Orderlies$49,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,520 – $49,89080
7Nursing Assistants$46,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,390 – $58,1501,500
8Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$45,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,570 – $56,200230
9Pharmacy Aides$36,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $52,310140
10Physical Therapist Aides$36,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,320 – $48,41080
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $38,8909,160

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

#	Occupation	MedianModesto, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$83,450	$58,800 – $127,640	150
2	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,430	$38,430 – $77,550	220
3	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,960	$47,660 – $74,330	190
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,170	$38,400 – $62,460	890
5	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,990	$38,830 – $78,080	1,870
6	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,890	$45,520 – $49,890	80
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,550	$38,390 – $58,150	1,500
8	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,560	$37,570 – $56,200	230
9	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,730	$34,740 – $52,310	140
10	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,640	$35,320 – $48,410	80
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$34,320 – $38,890	9,160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Modesto, CA. 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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