High paying healthcare support jobs in Rhode Island with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island run 2.3% above the national average (2024), so a Rhode Island salary is worth about 0.98× 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 Rhode Island.

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

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OccupationMedian, Rhode Island · Employed

1Massage Therapists$74,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,480 – $126,150290
2Physical Therapist Assistants$68,640
Associate's degree
$58,380 – $76,990420
3Occupational Therapy Assistants$66,710
Associate's degree
$58,220 – $75,560300
4Medical Equipment Preparers$51,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,940 – $62,500190
5Dental Assistants$50,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,640 – $60,9001,050
6Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$49,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,510 – $50,130380
7Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,680 – $69,200290
8Medical Assistants$47,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,280 – $56,8403,210
9Nursing Assistants$46,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,220 – $54,95010,220
10Phlebotomists$46,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,830 – $58,290970
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$43,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,860 – $46,7007,490
12Orderlies$39,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $48,620210
13Physical Therapist Aides$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $43,480280

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

#	Occupation	MedianRhode Island	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,960	$43,480 – $126,150	290
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$68,640	$58,380 – $76,990	420
3	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$66,710	$58,220 – $75,560	300
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,460	$39,940 – $62,500	190
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,150	$45,640 – $60,900	1,050
6	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,770	$35,510 – $50,130	380
7	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$41,680 – $69,200	290
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,190	$39,280 – $56,840	3,210
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,440	$39,220 – $54,950	10,220
10	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,380	$36,830 – $58,290	970
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,680	$31,860 – $46,700	7,490
12	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,830	$36,490 – $48,620	210
13	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$31,200 – $43,480	280

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