High paying healthcare support jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$67,780
Associate's degree
$47,310 – $81,740100
2Physical Therapist Assistants$62,510
Associate's degree
$38,050 – $81,690150
3Massage Therapists$58,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,570 – $88,760130
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,830 – $64,540330
5Dental Assistants$43,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,980 – $55,860670
6Medical Equipment Preparers$43,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,290 – $55,200130
7Phlebotomists$39,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,660 – $49,020240
8Medical Assistants$38,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,130 – $48,4301,620
9Nursing Assistants$37,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,990 – $44,1002,560
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,830 – $45,190220
11Pharmacy Aides$34,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,410 – $41,760100
12Orderlies$31,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,020 – $37,610140
13Home Health and Personal Care Aides$28,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,620 – $40,1403,920

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

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$67,780	$47,310 – $81,740	100
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,510	$38,050 – $81,690	150
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,800	$41,570 – $88,760	130
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$38,830 – $64,540	330
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,790	$35,980 – $55,860	670
6	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,180	$34,290 – $55,200	130
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,880	$33,660 – $49,020	240
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,470	$32,130 – $48,430	1,620
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,140	$28,990 – $44,100	2,560
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,570	$27,830 – $45,190	220
11	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,640	$21,410 – $41,760	100
12	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,830	$30,020 – $37,610	140
13	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,730	$23,620 – $40,140	3,920

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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