High paying healthcare support jobs in Wilmington, NC

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wilmington, NC. 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 Wilmington, NC run 3.6% below the national average (2024), so a Wilmington, NC 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, Wilmington, NC · Employed

1Massage Therapists$81,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$20,890 – $121,240120
2Physical Therapist Assistants$75,820
Associate's degree
$56,520 – $86,930220
3Occupational Therapy Assistants$63,440
Associate's degree
$48,380 – $85,67080
4Dental Assistants$51,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,980 – $59,530600
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$44,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,390 – $63,29060
6Medical Assistants$42,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,390 – $50,2901,150
7Medical Equipment Preparers$40,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $55,920130
8Phlebotomists$39,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,630 – $47,670170
9Nursing Assistants$37,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,710 – $47,1002,390
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,850 – $45,650510
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$31,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,060 – $38,7902,650
12Physical Therapist Aides$31,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,960 – $37,84080

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

#	Occupation	MedianWilmington, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,390	$20,890 – $121,240	120
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$75,820	$56,520 – $86,930	220
3	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$63,440	$48,380 – $85,670	80
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$51,110	$37,980 – $59,530	600
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,520	$36,390 – $63,290	60
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,000	$34,390 – $50,290	1,150
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,580	$37,460 – $55,920	130
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,150	$34,630 – $47,670	170
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,710	$29,710 – $47,100	2,390
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,860	$29,850 – $45,650	510
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,540	$27,060 – $38,790	2,650
12	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,510	$29,960 – $37,840	80

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