High paying healthcare support jobs in Syracuse, NY

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Syracuse, NY. 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 Syracuse, NY run 4.3% below the national average (2024), so a Syracuse, NY salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Syracuse, NY · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$61,010
Associate's degree
$48,410 – $73,480130
2Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$50,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,280 – $68,310170
3Psychiatric Aides$49,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,980 – $50,710140
4Medical Equipment Preparers$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,690 – $60,460250
5Dental Assistants$47,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,060 – $58,060690
6Phlebotomists$45,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,270 – $49,450230
7Medical Assistants$44,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,840 – $50,8001,230
8Massage Therapists$43,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,500 – $86,390110
9Nursing Assistants$42,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,810 – $50,4203,120
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$39,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,660 – $51,240220
11Orderlies$38,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,110 – $47,730270
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $48,7908,310

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

#	Occupation	MedianSyracuse, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,010	$48,410 – $73,480	130
2	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,790	$42,280 – $68,310	170
3	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,820	$38,980 – $50,710	140
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$37,690 – $60,460	250
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,370	$37,060 – $58,060	690
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,110	$34,270 – $49,450	230
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,250	$35,840 – $50,800	1,230
8	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,480	$32,500 – $86,390	110
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,940	$37,810 – $50,420	3,120
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,020	$34,660 – $51,240	220
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,280	$34,110 – $47,730	270
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$34,510 – $48,790	8,310

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