High paying healthcare support jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD run 2.6% above the national average (2024), so a Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$76,440
Associate's degree
$60,900 – $80,820940
2Physical Therapist Assistants$71,540
Associate's degree
$59,380 – $80,8801,650
3Massage Therapists$59,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,720 – $124,8001,500
4Medical Equipment Preparers$50,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,560 – $60,2601,660
5Dental Assistants$49,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,040 – $69,2506,510
6Phlebotomists$47,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,720 – $55,2502,880
7Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$46,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,160 – $67,1501,710
8Nursing Assistants$46,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,600 – $49,86030,680
9Medical Assistants$45,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,300 – $53,40013,150
10Orderlies$43,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $46,8801,740
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$39,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,160 – $54,9302,150
12Physical Therapist Aides$32,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,180 – $43,100990
13Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,250 – $38,710158,280

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

#	Occupation	MedianPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$76,440	$60,900 – $80,820	940
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$71,540	$59,380 – $80,880	1,650
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,560	$33,720 – $124,800	1,500
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,370	$41,560 – $60,260	1,660
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,570	$40,040 – $69,250	6,510
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,370	$38,720 – $55,250	2,880
7	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,420	$39,160 – $67,150	1,710
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,220	$38,600 – $49,860	30,680
9	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,890	$38,300 – $53,400	13,150
10	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,570	$35,810 – $46,880	1,740
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,840	$35,160 – $54,930	2,150
12	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,240	$24,180 – $43,100	990
13	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,800	$28,250 – $38,710	158,280

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. 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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