High paying healthcare support jobs in Columbus, GA-AL with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Columbus, GA-AL 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 Columbus, GA-AL run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, GA-AL 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

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OccupationMedian, Columbus, GA-AL · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$62,410
Associate's degree
$28,760 – $81,950100
2Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$55,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $68,680180
3Dental Assistants$42,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,900 – $55,730260
4Phlebotomists$40,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,520 – $46,580160
5Medical Equipment Preparers$38,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,140 – $50,74060
6Medical Assistants$36,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,210 – $44,750900
7Nursing Assistants$34,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,220 – $41,9301,130
8Orderlies$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,910 – $37,36070
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$31,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,990 – $38,320110
10Pharmacy Aides$29,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,450 – $37,06040
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$28,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,480 – $44,1201,660

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, GA-AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,410	$28,760 – $81,950	100
2	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,430	$35,590 – $68,680	180
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,050	$29,900 – $55,730	260
4	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,200	$32,520 – $46,580	160
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,350	$29,140 – $50,740	60
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,050	$30,210 – $44,750	900
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,970	$29,220 – $41,930	1,130
8	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$28,910 – $37,360	70
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,000	$25,990 – $38,320	110
10	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,300	$21,450 – $37,060	40
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,810	$22,480 – $44,120	1,660

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Columbus, GA-AL. 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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