High paying healthcare support jobs in West Virginia with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in West Virginia 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 West Virginia run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a West Virginia salary is worth about 1.12× 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 West Virginia.

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

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OccupationMedian, West Virginia · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$60,430
Associate's degree
$45,510 – $79,160980
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$60,370
Associate's degree
$49,280 – $76,940340
3Massage Therapists$46,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,450 – $82,950250
4Medical Equipment Preparers$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $51,970530
5Phlebotomists$39,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,570 – $46,1301,530
6Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$38,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,960 – $63,130780
7Dental Assistants$37,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,760 – $52,6301,290
8Medical Assistants$37,180
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,890 – $45,3504,540
9Nursing Assistants$36,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,060 – $45,2909,390
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$32,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,830 – $38,040730
11Orderlies$31,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,280 – $35,990250
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$28,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,430 – $32,59018,890

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

#	Occupation	MedianWest Virginia	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$60,430	$45,510 – $79,160	980
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$60,370	$49,280 – $76,940	340
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,600	$22,450 – $82,950	250
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$34,690 – $51,970	530
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,250	$30,570 – $46,130	1,530
6	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,740	$31,960 – $63,130	780
7	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,960	$31,760 – $52,630	1,290
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,180	$30,890 – $45,350	4,540
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,720	$31,060 – $45,290	9,390
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,350	$25,830 – $38,040	730
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,770	$29,280 – $35,990	250
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,010	$22,430 – $32,590	18,890

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