High paying healthcare support jobs in Oklahoma with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma run 12.2% below the national average (2024), so a Oklahoma salary is worth about 1.14× 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 Oklahoma.

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

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OccupationMedian, Oklahoma · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$66,520
Associate's degree
$51,710 – $79,3201,000
2Physical Therapist Assistants$59,480
Associate's degree
$24,960 – $79,8602,380
3Dental Assistants$45,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,030 – $58,4304,550
4Medical Equipment Preparers$43,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,400 – $57,770690
5Phlebotomists$39,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,570 – $49,2001,670
6Medical Assistants$38,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,880 – $47,64010,510
7Nursing Assistants$35,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,630 – $42,87019,410
8Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$34,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,170 – $46,8101,740
9Pharmacy Aides$30,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,460 – $40,880700
10Medical Transcriptionists$27,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,110 – $49,470560
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$27,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,940 – $35,15020,310

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

#	Occupation	MedianOklahoma	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$66,520	$51,710 – $79,320	1,000
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$59,480	$24,960 – $79,860	2,380
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,740	$36,030 – $58,430	4,550
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,460	$34,400 – $57,770	690
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,030	$33,570 – $49,200	1,670
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,750	$31,880 – $47,640	10,510
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,930	$29,630 – $42,870	19,410
8	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,850	$23,170 – $46,810	1,740
9	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,360	$22,460 – $40,880	700
10	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$27,740	$22,110 – $49,470	560
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,710	$22,940 – $35,150	20,310

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