High paying healthcare support jobs in South Carolina with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in South 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 South Carolina run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a South Carolina salary is worth about 1.07× 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 South Carolina.

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

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OccupationMedian, South Carolina · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$73,740
Associate's degree
$52,050 – $87,860830
2Physical Therapist Assistants$70,500
Associate's degree
$47,510 – $88,0701,870
3Massage Therapists$58,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$17,340 – $95,5401,840
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$49,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $71,930860
5Dental Assistants$47,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,070 – $58,4805,530
6Medical Equipment Preparers$42,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,840 – $57,9101,160
7Medical Assistants$41,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,730 – $49,11012,110
8Phlebotomists$39,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,760 – $47,0602,760
9Nursing Assistants$37,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,460 – $44,76021,760
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,390 – $48,6301,720
11Orderlies$36,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,640 – $46,3001,430
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$30,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,600 – $35,59040,750

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

#	Occupation	MedianSouth Carolina	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$73,740	$52,050 – $87,860	830
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$70,500	$47,510 – $88,070	1,870
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,000	$17,340 – $95,540	1,840
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,730	$35,360 – $71,930	860
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,320	$37,070 – $58,480	5,530
6	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,510	$31,840 – $57,910	1,160
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,160	$34,730 – $49,110	12,110
8	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,010	$35,760 – $47,060	2,760
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,220	$30,460 – $44,760	21,760
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,980	$27,390 – $48,630	1,720
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,480	$29,640 – $46,300	1,430
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,110	$23,600 – $35,590	40,750

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