High paying healthcare support jobs in Kentucky with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Kentucky 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 Kentucky run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Kentucky salary is worth about 1.11× 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 Kentucky.

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

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OccupationMedian, Kentucky · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$61,480
Associate's degree
$27,870 – $79,5002,580
2Massage Therapists$59,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,210 – $95,290780
3Dental Assistants$47,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,600 – $62,0504,530
4Medical Equipment Preparers$46,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $60,4101,120
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$46,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,670 – $67,200770
6Phlebotomists$42,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,230 – $48,8202,500
7Medical Assistants$39,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,950 – $47,94013,440
8Medical Transcriptionists$39,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,940 – $52,420690
9Nursing Assistants$38,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,390 – $46,45023,410
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$36,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,110 – $49,08031,260
11Orderlies$35,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,150 – $40,500710
12Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$34,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,520 – $45,4301,840

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

#	Occupation	MedianKentucky	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$61,480	$27,870 – $79,500	2,580
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,790	$30,210 – $95,290	780
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,730	$35,600 – $62,050	4,530
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,880	$35,340 – $60,410	1,120
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,020	$32,670 – $67,200	770
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,480	$35,230 – $48,820	2,500
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,270	$32,950 – $47,940	13,440
8	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,000	$27,940 – $52,420	690
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,370	$30,390 – $46,450	23,410
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,440	$28,110 – $49,080	31,260
11	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,260	$30,150 – $40,500	710
12	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,140	$26,520 – $45,430	1,840

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