High paying healthcare support jobs in Winston-Salem, NC

Every healthcare support occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$70,150
Associate's degree
$51,140 – $95,33090
2Physical Therapist Assistants$64,660
Associate's degree
$50,660 – $80,980180
3Dental Assistants$50,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,370 – $59,260480
4Medical Assistants$45,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,730 – $50,8501,350
5Medical Equipment Preparers$45,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,490 – $60,610480
6Phlebotomists$44,980
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,320 – $49,120500
7Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$44,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $62,690180
8Nursing Assistants$38,660
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,510 – $45,6304,450
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $47,460430
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$30,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,620 – $37,9703,480

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$70,150	$51,140 – $95,330	90
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$64,660	$50,660 – $80,980	180
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,060	$38,370 – $59,260	480
4	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,810	$35,730 – $50,850	1,350
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,130	$39,490 – $60,610	480
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,980	$35,320 – $49,120	500
7	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,290	$37,760 – $62,690	180
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,660	$32,510 – $45,630	4,450
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,620	$29,640 – $47,460	430
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,400	$24,620 – $37,970	3,480

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Winston-Salem, 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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