High paying healthcare support jobs in Alabama with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Alabama that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Alabama run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Alabama salary is worth about 1.13× 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 Alabama.

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

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OccupationMedian, Alabama · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$62,250
Associate's degree
$50,120 – $79,600750
2Physical Therapist Assistants$61,430
Associate's degree
$49,340 – $79,0602,700
3Dental Assistants$39,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,840 – $51,4003,740
4Phlebotomists$37,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,440 – $45,7102,350
5Medical Assistants$36,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,630 – $45,04013,300
6Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$35,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,970 – $43,3601,240
7Medical Equipment Preparers$35,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,180 – $45,6701,000
8Nursing Assistants$34,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,330 – $38,68025,250
9Home Health and Personal Care Aides$27,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,470 – $35,90020,930
10Physical Therapist Aides$27,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,160 – $33,770750
11Psychiatric Aides$27,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,180 – $40,260790

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlabama	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,250	$50,120 – $79,600	750
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,430	$49,340 – $79,060	2,700
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,080	$30,840 – $51,400	3,740
4	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,220	$30,440 – $45,710	2,350
5	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,100	$29,630 – $45,040	13,300
6	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,800	$27,970 – $43,360	1,240
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,800	$30,180 – $45,670	1,000
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,140	$28,330 – $38,680	25,250
9	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,840	$22,470 – $35,900	20,930
10	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,290	$21,160 – $33,770	750
11	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,150	$25,180 – $40,260	790

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