High paying healthcare support jobs in Arizona with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Arizona 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 Arizona run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Arizona salary is worth about 0.99× 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 Arizona.

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

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OccupationMedian, Arizona · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$73,490
Associate's degree
$53,810 – $89,8801,120
2Physical Therapist Assistants$64,650
Associate's degree
$36,160 – $79,5702,010
3Massage Therapists$62,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,800 – $90,7802,530
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $71,5703,070
5Dental Assistants$49,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,500 – $59,3808,680
6Medical Equipment Preparers$46,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,290 – $60,7602,320
7Phlebotomists$46,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,090 – $60,8203,430
8Medical Assistants$45,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,100 – $51,31021,460
9Nursing Assistants$44,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,100 – $57,82020,320
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$38,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,530 – $47,4603,340
11Orderlies$37,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,350 – $46,3601,220
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$36,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,990 – $40,66074,540
13Physical Therapist Aides$35,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,510 – $44,6301,340

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

#	Occupation	MedianArizona	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$73,490	$53,810 – $89,880	1,120
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$64,650	$36,160 – $79,570	2,010
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,400	$37,800 – $90,780	2,530
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$37,330 – $71,570	3,070
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,000	$38,500 – $59,380	8,680
6	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,790	$35,290 – $60,760	2,320
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,260	$38,090 – $60,820	3,430
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,940	$38,100 – $51,310	21,460
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,780	$37,100 – $57,820	20,320
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,250	$35,530 – $47,460	3,340
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,380	$34,350 – $46,360	1,220
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,420	$30,990 – $40,660	74,540
13	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,260	$31,510 – $44,630	1,340

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