High paying healthcare support jobs in North Carolina with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in North Carolina 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 North Carolina run 5.7% below the national average (2024), so a North Carolina 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 North Carolina.

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

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OccupationMedian, North Carolina · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$69,390
Associate's degree
$55,130 – $83,3601,590
2Physical Therapist Assistants$67,540
Associate's degree
$56,100 – $80,8503,280
3Massage Therapists$60,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,050 – $96,5102,460
4Dental Assistants$50,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,240 – $60,20011,450
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$47,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $66,0802,470
6Medical Assistants$45,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,010 – $50,85023,650
7Medical Equipment Preparers$45,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $58,9502,900
8Phlebotomists$43,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,210 – $49,4505,410
9Orderlies$38,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,570 – $46,2301,730
10Nursing Assistants$38,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,260 – $47,08064,010
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,830 – $46,4706,910
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$31,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,690 – $38,68058,880

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

#	Occupation	MedianNorth Carolina	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$69,390	$55,130 – $83,360	1,590
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$67,540	$56,100 – $80,850	3,280
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,650	$31,050 – $96,510	2,460
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,380	$38,240 – $60,200	11,450
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,080	$36,040 – $66,080	2,470
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,140	$36,010 – $50,850	23,650
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,130	$36,410 – $58,950	2,900
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,330	$35,210 – $49,450	5,410
9	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,680	$33,570 – $46,230	1,730
10	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,460	$30,260 – $47,080	64,010
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,070	$28,830 – $46,470	6,910
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,240	$24,690 – $38,680	58,880

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