High paying healthcare support jobs in Salinas, CA

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Salinas, CA. 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 Salinas, CA run 9.0% above the national average (2024), so a Salinas, CA salary is worth about 0.92× 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, Salinas, CA · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$84,850
Associate's degree
$64,340 – $101,84070
2Massage Therapists$61,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,820 – $150,700240
3Medical Equipment Preparers$60,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $75,40070
4Dental Assistants$56,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,770 – $70,920570
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$54,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $77,590120
6Phlebotomists$52,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,170 – $70,250110
7Medical Assistants$48,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,730 – $59,5501,080
8Nursing Assistants$48,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,900 – $57,0401,070
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$46,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $57,070160
10Physical Therapist Aides$38,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $48,36060
11Pharmacy Aides$38,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $57,100110
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $38,6606,740

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalinas, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$84,850	$64,340 – $101,840	70
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,400	$34,820 – $150,700	240
3	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,490	$45,640 – $75,400	70
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,790	$42,770 – $70,920	570
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,310	$39,900 – $77,590	120
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,940	$47,170 – $70,250	110
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,890	$40,730 – $59,550	1,080
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,870	$39,900 – $57,040	1,070
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,990	$38,260 – $57,070	160
10	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,810	$36,530 – $48,360	60
11	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,050	$37,240 – $57,100	110
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$34,320 – $38,660	6,740

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