High paying healthcare support jobs in Texas

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Texas. 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 Texas run 2.9% below the national average (2024), so a Texas salary is worth about 1.03× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Texas.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Texas · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$81,500
Associate's degree
$60,980 – $95,9005,610
2Physical Therapist Assistants$78,000
Associate's degree
$43,900 – $99,64010,510
3Massage Therapists$59,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,870 – $109,9708,630
4Medical Equipment Preparers$46,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $69,9504,520
5Dental Assistants$45,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,400 – $57,64033,230
6Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$45,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,780 – $76,19010,320
7Medical Transcriptionists$42,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,540 – $49,4107,520
8Phlebotomists$40,450
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,570 – $53,56012,820
9Medical Assistants$39,520
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,200 – $49,26075,340
10Nursing Assistants$37,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,620 – $47,50088,680
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$34,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,070 – $46,8908,440
12Physical Therapist Aides$31,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,520 – $46,7105,710
13Home Health and Personal Care Aides$24,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,980 – $31,560329,590

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

#	Occupation	MedianTexas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$81,500	$60,980 – $95,900	5,610
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$78,000	$43,900 – $99,640	10,510
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,370	$34,870 – $109,970	8,630
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,970	$35,390 – $69,950	4,520
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,430	$35,400 – $57,640	33,230
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,250	$29,780 – $76,190	10,320
7	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,900	$22,540 – $49,410	7,520
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,450	$32,570 – $53,560	12,820
9	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,520	$31,200 – $49,260	75,340
10	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,500	$30,620 – $47,500	88,680
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,850	$24,070 – $46,890	8,440
12	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,590	$22,520 – $46,710	5,710
13	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,230	$21,980 – $31,560	329,590

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Texas. 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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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Texas to rank honestly.

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