High paying healthcare support jobs in Salem, OR

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Salem, OR. 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 Salem, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Salem, OR 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, Salem, OR · Employed

1Massage Therapists$96,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,670 – $117,490160
2Physical Therapist Assistants$67,090
Associate's degree
$52,860 – $83,160130
3Dental Assistants$59,210
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,040 – $71,750570
4Pharmacy Aides$51,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,360 – $62,15060
5Psychiatric Aides$50,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,420 – $60,900910
6Medical Assistants$50,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,630 – $62,1601,090
7Nursing Assistants$48,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,960 – $62,3001,390
8Phlebotomists$48,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,470 – $63,430180
9Medical Equipment Preparers$47,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,640 – $63,28090
10Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$46,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $70,300250
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $48,3407,040
12Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$44,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,570 – $49,200230
13Physical Therapist Aides$35,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,260 – $39,970140

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalem, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$96,080	$62,670 – $117,490	160
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$67,090	$52,860 – $83,160	130
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,210	$49,040 – $71,750	570
4	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,590	$37,360 – $62,150	60
5	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,580	$40,420 – $60,900	910
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,240	$43,630 – $62,160	1,090
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,840	$44,960 – $62,300	1,390
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,160	$41,470 – $63,430	180
9	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,430	$37,640 – $63,280	90
10	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,550	$37,790 – $70,300	250
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$37,320 – $48,340	7,040
12	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,460	$37,570 – $49,200	230
13	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,430	$31,260 – $39,970	140

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