High paying healthcare support jobs in Ocala, FL

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ocala, 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 Ocala, FL run 4.8% below the national average (2024), so a Ocala, FL salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Ocala, FL · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$64,580
Associate's degree
$52,700 – $77,110130
2Massage Therapists$47,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,870 – $79,37080
3Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$46,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $59,95050
4Dental Assistants$44,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,400 – $55,360370
5Medical Equipment Preparers$44,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,830 – $59,61060
6Medical Transcriptionists$37,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,890 – $47,61060
7Medical Assistants$37,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,330 – $46,0101,080
8Phlebotomists$37,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,110 – $45,880130
9Nursing Assistants$36,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,590 – $44,2501,470
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,260 – $44,320130
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$31,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,570 – $35,9001,370

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

#	Occupation	MedianOcala, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$64,580	$52,700 – $77,110	130
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,550	$27,870 – $79,370	80
3	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,020	$36,340 – $59,950	50
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,900	$37,400 – $55,360	370
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,120	$36,830 – $59,610	60
6	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,450	$34,890 – $47,610	60
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,310	$31,330 – $46,010	1,080
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,140	$34,110 – $45,880	130
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,510	$31,590 – $44,250	1,470
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,160	$30,260 – $44,320	130
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,550	$29,570 – $35,900	1,370

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