High paying healthcare support jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY run 0.4% below the national average (2024), so a Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Employed

1Massage Therapists$62,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $89,350190
2Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$50,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,480 – $70,390260
3Dental Assistants$48,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,990 – $58,260970
4Phlebotomists$46,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,070 – $52,940250
5Medical Equipment Preparers$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,010 – $59,190230
6Medical Assistants$44,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,540 – $50,0601,390
7Nursing Assistants$40,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,090 – $47,5804,200
8Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,230 – $47,570400
9Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,540 – $62,07013,180
10Pharmacy Aides$36,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,490 – $43,170150
11Orderlies$35,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,130 – $45,770150

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlbany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,310	$32,240 – $89,350	190
2	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,310	$37,480 – $70,390	260
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,220	$37,990 – $58,260	970
4	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,040	$35,070 – $52,940	250
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$38,010 – $59,190	230
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,870	$37,540 – $50,060	1,390
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,160	$36,090 – $47,580	4,200
8	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$35,230 – $47,570	400
9	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,590	$33,540 – $62,070	13,180
10	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,340	$34,490 – $43,170	150
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,840	$33,130 – $45,770	150

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. 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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