High paying healthcare support jobs in Columbus, OH with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Columbus, OH 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 Columbus, OH run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, OH salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Columbus, OH · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$69,480
Associate's degree
$56,280 – $96,2501,100
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$63,480
Associate's degree
$38,020 – $84,670610
3Massage Therapists$57,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,690 – $77,030390
4Dental Assistants$48,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,730 – $78,5002,560
5Psychiatric Aides$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $54,000360
6Medical Equipment Preparers$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,120 – $58,300550
7Medical Assistants$44,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,810 – $49,9505,850
8Nursing Assistants$42,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,510 – $47,23010,020
9Phlebotomists$41,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,790 – $49,550550
10Orderlies$37,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,170 – $45,420500
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $47,4901,100
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,850 – $42,11027,580

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$69,480	$56,280 – $96,250	1,100
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$63,480	$38,020 – $84,670	610
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,580	$40,690 – $77,030	390
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,760	$37,730 – $78,500	2,560
5	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$37,230 – $54,000	360
6	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$37,120 – $58,300	550
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,140	$37,810 – $49,950	5,850
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,970	$37,510 – $47,230	10,020
9	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,330	$37,790 – $49,550	550
10	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,360	$36,170 – $45,420	500
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,280	$30,200 – $47,490	1,100
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,880	$28,850 – $42,110	27,580

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