High paying healthcare support jobs in Vermont

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Vermont. 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 Vermont run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Vermont salary is worth about 1.02× 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 Vermont.

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

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OccupationMedian, Vermont · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$71,600
Associate's degree
$60,580 – $83,250100
2Dental Assistants$52,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,260 – $66,410580
3Medical Equipment Preparers$48,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,560 – $73,330140
4Psychiatric Aides$47,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,300 – $56,150330
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$47,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $61,870300
6Medical Assistants$47,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,570 – $58,4201,140
7Nursing Assistants$47,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,620 – $59,6003,030
8Phlebotomists$46,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,630 – $58,960200
9Home Health and Personal Care Aides$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,310 – $48,0407,700
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,690 – $45,880370

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

#	Occupation	MedianVermont	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$71,600	$60,580 – $83,250	100
2	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,760	$45,260 – $66,410	580
3	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,990	$39,560 – $73,330	140
4	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,860	$46,300 – $56,150	330
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,370	$36,470 – $61,870	300
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,250	$40,570 – $58,420	1,140
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,130	$37,620 – $59,600	3,030
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,000	$38,630 – $58,960	200
9	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$31,310 – $48,040	7,700
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,290	$30,690 – $45,880	370

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