High paying healthcare support jobs in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, 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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA run 8.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, 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, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$85,150
Associate's degree
$64,040 – $102,450100
2Phlebotomists$60,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,660 – $74,070190
3Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$57,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,390 – $73,420210
4Dental Assistants$51,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,410 – $64,250610
5Medical Equipment Preparers$51,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,660 – $73,67080
6Medical Assistants$49,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,820 – $63,2701,660
7Medical Transcriptionists$48,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,280 – $68,430100
8Nursing Assistants$47,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,120 – $55,8901,090
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$45,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $55,880210
10Massage Therapists$43,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,320 – $95,350170
11Pharmacy Aides$41,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,650 – $65,170100
12Physical Therapist Aides$36,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,430 – $49,870120
13Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $44,0806,470

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$85,150	$64,040 – $102,450	100
2	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,290	$51,660 – $74,070	190
3	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,560	$41,390 – $73,420	210
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,310	$44,410 – $64,250	610
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,010	$38,660 – $73,670	80
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,500	$39,820 – $63,270	1,660
7	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,260	$40,280 – $68,430	100
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,130	$40,120 – $55,890	1,090
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,490	$37,580 – $55,880	210
10	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,920	$34,320 – $95,350	170
11	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,910	$35,650 – $65,170	100
12	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,790	$35,430 – $49,870	120
13	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$34,320 – $44,080	6,470

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, 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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