High paying healthcare support jobs in Illinois with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Illinois 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 Illinois run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Illinois 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Illinois.

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

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OccupationMedian, Illinois · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$65,240
Associate's degree
$41,600 – $81,8904,890
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$64,120
Associate's degree
$47,830 – $80,1502,470
3Massage Therapists$60,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,770 – $82,9104,950
4Dental Assistants$48,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,360 – $59,91013,740
5Medical Equipment Preparers$48,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,280 – $66,3902,800
6Medical Assistants$46,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,400 – $56,59020,260
7Phlebotomists$46,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,370 – $54,9207,910
8Nursing Assistants$45,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,590 – $54,05068,640
9Orderlies$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,870 – $44,9202,110
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$38,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $42,500134,100
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,550 – $47,0003,270

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

#	Occupation	MedianIllinois	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$65,240	$41,600 – $81,890	4,890
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$64,120	$47,830 – $80,150	2,470
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,490	$33,770 – $82,910	4,950
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,610	$37,360 – $59,910	13,740
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,050	$38,280 – $66,390	2,800
6	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,090	$36,400 – $56,590	20,260
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,010	$37,370 – $54,920	7,910
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,960	$37,590 – $54,050	68,640
9	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$34,870 – $44,920	2,110
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,060	$34,200 – $42,500	134,100
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$31,550 – $47,000	3,270

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