High paying healthcare support jobs in Ohio

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ohio. 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 Ohio run 7.2% below the national average (2024), so a Ohio salary is worth about 1.08× 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 Ohio.

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

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OccupationMedian, Ohio · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$63,820
Associate's degree
$51,280 – $84,1307,040
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$62,700
Associate's degree
$49,500 – $79,6003,890
3Dental Assistants$47,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,870 – $78,00012,150
4Medical Equipment Preparers$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $57,8703,210
5Medical Assistants$42,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,050 – $48,56028,950
6Phlebotomists$39,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,190 – $48,6805,120
7Nursing Assistants$39,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,060 – $46,57063,280
8Orderlies$37,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,880 – $42,2702,360
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,330 – $47,0704,640
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,370 – $39,530106,940

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

#	Occupation	MedianOhio	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$63,820	$51,280 – $84,130	7,040
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,700	$49,500 – $79,600	3,890
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,970	$36,870 – $78,000	12,150
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$36,620 – $57,870	3,210
5	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,810	$36,050 – $48,560	28,950
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,770	$36,190 – $48,680	5,120
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,010	$35,060 – $46,570	63,280
8	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,030	$33,880 – $42,270	2,360
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,340	$29,330 – $47,070	4,640
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,460	$28,370 – $39,530	106,940

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Ohio. 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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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Ohio to rank honestly.

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