High paying healthcare support jobs in Missouri with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Missouri 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 Missouri run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Missouri salary is worth about 1.10× 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 Missouri.

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

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OccupationMedian, Missouri · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$66,070
Associate's degree
$50,990 – $80,9301,470
2Physical Therapist Assistants$63,770
Associate's degree
$50,460 – $79,0002,490
3Massage Therapists$62,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,680 – $101,9001,500
4Dental Assistants$45,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,580 – $59,4106,760
5Medical Equipment Preparers$43,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $58,4201,970
6Phlebotomists$43,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,070 – $51,3901,890
7Medical Assistants$40,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,810 – $48,36013,050
8Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$39,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $58,7104,410
9Nursing Assistants$37,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,350 – $45,26034,050
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,280 – $45,9402,010
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$33,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $43,41094,810

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

#	Occupation	MedianMissouri	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$66,070	$50,990 – $80,930	1,470
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$63,770	$50,460 – $79,000	2,490
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,050	$43,680 – $101,900	1,500
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,970	$36,580 – $59,410	6,760
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,480	$34,510 – $58,420	1,970
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,120	$34,070 – $51,390	1,890
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,440	$35,810 – $48,360	13,050
8	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,940	$35,780 – $58,710	4,410
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,680	$31,350 – $45,260	34,050
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,660	$30,280 – $45,940	2,010
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,080	$28,600 – $43,410	94,810

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