High paying healthcare support jobs in Alaska with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Alaska 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 Alaska run 2.4% above the national average (2024), so a Alaska 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 Alaska.

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

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OccupationMedian, Alaska · Employed

1Massage Therapists$134,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,140 – $161,400570
2Physical Therapist Assistants$77,640
Associate's degree
$65,640 – $87,850110
3Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$61,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,790 – $80,390120
4Dental Assistants$57,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,300 – $62,7801,140
5Physical Therapist Aides$55,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $72,290110
6Medical Assistants$52,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,060 – $65,0402,140
7Medical Equipment Preparers$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,750 – $77,590220
8Psychiatric Aides$49,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,550 – $61,470190
9Medical Transcriptionists$48,360
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,400 – $54,660110
10Nursing Assistants$46,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,450 – $58,4302,060
11Phlebotomists$45,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,300 – $59,780210
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$39,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,710 – $46,7406,530
13Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,690 – $47,010130

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlaska	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$134,930	$34,140 – $161,400	570
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$77,640	$65,640 – $87,850	110
3	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,300	$53,790 – $80,390	120
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,710	$40,300 – $62,780	1,140
5	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,760	$35,700 – $72,290	110
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,560	$46,060 – $65,040	2,140
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$45,750 – $77,590	220
8	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,300	$42,550 – $61,470	190
9	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,360	$33,400 – $54,660	110
10	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,370	$39,450 – $58,430	2,060
11	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,900	$40,300 – $59,780	210
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,740	$30,710 – $46,740	6,530
13	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,490	$27,690 – $47,010	130

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