High paying healthcare support jobs in Hawaii with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Hawaii 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 Hawaii run 10.0% above the national average (2024), so a Hawaii salary is worth about 0.91× 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 Hawaii.

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

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OccupationMedian, Hawaii · Employed

1Massage Therapists$81,280
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,660 – $166,7301,330
2Physical Therapist Assistants$67,510
Associate's degree
$49,920 – $74,770250
3Medical Equipment Preparers$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,830 – $61,170220
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$48,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,400 – $60,8601,400
5Medical Assistants$48,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,580 – $60,0303,890
6Nursing Assistants$45,350
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,000 – $52,6605,050
7Dental Assistants$44,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,540 – $50,3401,960
8Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,200 – $49,400570
9Home Health and Personal Care Aides$38,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $45,7206,150

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

#	Occupation	MedianHawaii	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,280	$36,660 – $166,730	1,330
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$67,510	$49,920 – $74,770	250
3	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$42,830 – $61,170	220
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,620	$31,400 – $60,860	1,400
5	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,410	$38,580 – $60,030	3,890
6	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,350	$36,000 – $52,660	5,050
7	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,720	$31,540 – $50,340	1,960
8	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$35,200 – $49,400	570
9	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,110	$31,200 – $45,720	6,150

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