High paying healthcare support jobs in Montana with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Montana 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 Montana run 5.4% below the national average (2024), so a Montana salary is worth about 1.06× 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 Montana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Montana · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$62,650
Associate's degree
$52,310 – $77,990250
2Massage Therapists$53,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,020 – $96,740200
3Medical Assistants$46,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,670 – $56,7702,460
4Dental Assistants$46,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,340 – $57,9001,450
5Psychiatric Aides$46,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,680 – $58,280330
6Phlebotomists$45,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,950 – $52,590370
7Medical Equipment Preparers$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $56,770330
8Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$41,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,320 – $64,940350
9Nursing Assistants$40,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,780 – $49,7004,390
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$38,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,430 – $45,220550
11Pharmacy Aides$37,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,360 – $53,380210
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$36,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,370 – $44,74010,400

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

#	Occupation	MedianMontana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,650	$52,310 – $77,990	250
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$53,540	$25,020 – $96,740	200
3	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,820	$38,670 – $56,770	2,460
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,680	$37,340 – $57,900	1,450
5	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,340	$39,680 – $58,280	330
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,470	$36,950 – $52,590	370
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$36,810 – $56,770	330
8	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,410	$35,320 – $64,940	350
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,900	$36,780 – $49,700	4,390
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,340	$29,430 – $45,220	550
11	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,140	$31,360 – $53,380	210
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,630	$29,370 – $44,740	10,400

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