High paying healthcare support jobs in Nebraska with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Nebraska 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 Nebraska run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Nebraska salary is worth about 1.11× 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 Nebraska.

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

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OccupationMedian, Nebraska · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$61,370
Associate's degree
$48,100 – $77,690980
2Medical Assistants$47,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,940 – $59,4502,380
3Dental Assistants$46,660
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,810 – $57,4302,520
4Medical Equipment Preparers$41,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $57,260550
5Nursing Assistants$40,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,090 – $48,98016,450
6Phlebotomists$39,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,660 – $48,900920
7Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$39,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $67,060430
8Home Health and Personal Care Aides$36,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,670 – $43,68013,660
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,930 – $42,050900
10Pharmacy Aides$31,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $38,590400
11Physical Therapist Aides$28,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $41,590670

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

#	Occupation	MedianNebraska	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,370	$48,100 – $77,690	980
2	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,370	$37,940 – $59,450	2,380
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,660	$37,810 – $57,430	2,520
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,480	$36,250 – $57,260	550
5	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,000	$37,090 – $48,980	16,450
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,540	$35,660 – $48,900	920
7	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,140	$28,080 – $67,060	430
8	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,150	$30,670 – $43,680	13,660
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,100	$29,930 – $42,050	900
10	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,610	$28,080 – $38,590	400
11	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,080	$28,080 – $41,590	670

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