High paying healthcare support jobs in Pennsylvania with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania run 2.4% below the national average (2024), so a Pennsylvania salary is worth about 1.02× 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 Pennsylvania.

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

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OccupationMedian, Pennsylvania · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$71,590
Associate's degree
$55,690 – $77,7902,560
2Physical Therapist Assistants$62,580
Associate's degree
$49,610 – $78,0104,270
3Massage Therapists$58,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,000 – $110,7702,990
4Dental Assistants$47,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,040 – $61,43012,080
5Medical Equipment Preparers$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,500 – $57,0703,450
6Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$45,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,660 – $63,7904,160
7Nursing Assistants$44,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,760 – $49,36067,740
8Medical Assistants$43,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,810 – $48,50023,050
9Phlebotomists$43,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,010 – $50,0605,510
10Orderlies$40,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $45,4503,550
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,010 – $47,2003,760
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,510 – $37,960257,370

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

#	Occupation	MedianPennsylvania	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$71,590	$55,690 – $77,790	2,560
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,580	$49,610 – $78,010	4,270
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,300	$31,000 – $110,770	2,990
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,930	$38,040 – $61,430	12,080
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$37,500 – $57,070	3,450
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,160	$33,660 – $63,790	4,160
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,590	$37,760 – $49,360	67,740
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,920	$36,810 – $48,500	23,050
9	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,910	$37,010 – $50,060	5,510
10	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,140	$36,350 – $45,450	3,550
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,140	$30,010 – $47,200	3,760
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,420	$26,510 – $37,960	257,370

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