High paying healthcare support jobs in Iowa with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Iowa 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 Iowa run 12.2% below the national average (2024), so a Iowa salary is worth about 1.14× 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 Iowa.

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

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OccupationMedian, Iowa · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$61,030
Associate's degree
$45,760 – $74,9501,060
2Massage Therapists$57,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,560 – $91,570540
3Dental Assistants$48,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,360 – $59,5803,210
4Medical Assistants$45,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,730 – $54,9605,990
5Medical Equipment Preparers$39,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,070 – $52,300590
6Nursing Assistants$39,350
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,620 – $47,98022,670
7Phlebotomists$38,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,970 – $46,5701,100
8Home Health and Personal Care Aides$36,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,420 – $45,49025,800
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$35,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,440 – $47,2201,380
10Pharmacy Aides$33,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,260 – $44,3601,070

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

#	Occupation	MedianIowa	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,030	$45,760 – $74,950	1,060
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,710	$37,560 – $91,570	540
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,430	$39,360 – $59,580	3,210
4	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,480	$36,730 – $54,960	5,990
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,930	$37,070 – $52,300	590
6	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,350	$35,620 – $47,980	22,670
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,240	$35,970 – $46,570	1,100
8	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,080	$30,420 – $45,490	25,800
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,720	$29,440 – $47,220	1,380
10	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,270	$22,260 – $44,360	1,070

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