High paying healthcare support jobs in Puerto Rico

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Puerto Rico. 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, Puerto Rico · Employed

1Medical Assistants$46,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,380 – $60,200660
2Dental Assistants$35,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,310 – $57,2003,210
3Phlebotomists$29,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,780 – $36,340770
4Physical Therapist Assistants$29,710
Associate's degree
$22,460 – $67,100830
5Pharmacy Aides$28,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,990 – $35,4201,090
6Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$26,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $60,490620
7Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$23,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $38,310430
8Nursing Assistants$22,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,840 – $45,450430
9Orderlies$22,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $25,370630
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$21,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $23,13010,170

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

#	Occupation	MedianPuerto Rico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,120	$22,380 – $60,200	660
2	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,910	$23,310 – $57,200	3,210
3	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,880	$23,780 – $36,340	770
4	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$29,710	$22,460 – $67,100	830
5	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,100	$21,990 – $35,420	1,090
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,660	$21,840 – $60,490	620
7	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,310	$21,840 – $38,310	430
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$22,850	$21,840 – $45,450	430
9	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,330	$21,840 – $25,370	630
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,840	$21,840 – $23,130	10,170

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Puerto Rico. 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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