High paying healthcare support jobs in Altoona, PA with no degree
The best paid healthcare support occupations in Altoona, PA that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.
Cost of living: prices in Altoona, PA run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a Altoona, PA salary is worth about 1.12× 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
Associate's degree
$48,340 – $73,44080Associate's degree
$51,560 – $71,59040Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,210 – $105,84040Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,480 – $58,18090High school diploma or equivalent
$29,940 – $65,31050Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,090 – $45,350270Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,750 – $46,780820Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,120 – $45,34080High school diploma or equivalent
$23,350 – $37,2601,800
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianAltoona, PA | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree | $61,670 | $48,340 – $73,440 | 80 |
| 2 | Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree | $60,310 | $51,560 – $71,590 | 40 |
| 3 | Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $50,480 | $23,210 – $105,840 | 40 |
| 4 | Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award | $45,310 | $35,480 – $58,180 | 90 |
| 5 | Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent | $41,210 | $29,940 – $65,310 | 50 |
| 6 | Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award | $39,140 | $35,090 – $45,350 | 270 |
| 7 | Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award | $38,870 | $36,750 – $46,780 | 820 |
| 8 | PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $35,660 | $32,120 – $45,340 | 80 |
| 9 | Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $27,390 | $23,350 – $37,260 | 1,800 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Altoona, PA. 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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