High paying healthcare support jobs in Georgia with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Georgia 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 Georgia run 3.7% below the national average (2024), so a Georgia 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Georgia.

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

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OccupationMedian, Georgia · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$72,800
Associate's degree
$43,400 – $89,6002,620
2Massage Therapists$50,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$19,010 – $83,1301,700
3Medical Equipment Preparers$47,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,660 – $62,9601,860
4Dental Assistants$46,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,410 – $57,71010,540
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$46,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,350 – $64,9402,040
6Phlebotomists$45,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,600 – $55,8505,280
7Medical Assistants$41,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,270 – $51,43028,780
8Nursing Assistants$37,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,300 – $47,31043,440
9Orderlies$36,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,020 – $45,1602,410
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$35,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,210 – $44,8104,570
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,720 – $39,71050,870

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

#	Occupation	MedianGeorgia	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$72,800	$43,400 – $89,600	2,620
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,820	$19,010 – $83,130	1,700
3	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,850	$36,660 – $62,960	1,860
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,840	$36,410 – $57,710	10,540
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,750	$30,350 – $64,940	2,040
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,840	$34,600 – $55,850	5,280
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,600	$34,270 – $51,430	28,780
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,680	$30,300 – $47,310	43,440
9	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,100	$30,020 – $45,160	2,410
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,850	$29,210 – $44,810	4,570
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,270	$23,720 – $39,710	50,870

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