High paying healthcare support jobs in Tennessee with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Tennessee 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 Tennessee run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Tennessee salary is worth about 1.09× 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 Tennessee.

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

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OccupationMedian, Tennessee · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$62,500
Associate's degree
$48,010 – $80,8003,390
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$62,420
Associate's degree
$23,910 – $78,9501,300
3Massage Therapists$50,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,960 – $95,2601,230
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$47,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,570 – $67,2001,230
5Medical Equipment Preparers$46,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $60,3601,590
6Dental Assistants$46,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,810 – $61,2607,420
7Medical Transcriptionists$44,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$26,420 – $60,2501,450
8Medical Assistants$39,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,840 – $48,54019,180
9Phlebotomists$38,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,010 – $47,6303,520
10Nursing Assistants$37,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,110 – $44,66027,040
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,230 – $43,7003,530
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$32,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,090 – $38,15035,950
13Orderlies$31,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,720 – $45,0301,200
14Pharmacy Aides$30,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,230 – $39,3601,150

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

#	Occupation	MedianTennessee	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,500	$48,010 – $80,800	3,390
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,420	$23,910 – $78,950	1,300
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,070	$36,960 – $95,260	1,230
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,940	$33,570 – $67,200	1,230
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,990	$35,090 – $60,360	1,590
6	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,720	$37,810 – $61,260	7,420
7	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,720	$26,420 – $60,250	1,450
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,570	$34,840 – $48,540	19,180
9	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,550	$35,010 – $47,630	3,520
10	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,990	$31,110 – $44,660	27,040
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,320	$30,230 – $43,700	3,530
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,130	$28,090 – $38,150	35,950
13	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,840	$26,720 – $45,030	1,200
14	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,170	$25,230 – $39,360	1,150

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