High paying healthcare support jobs in Massachusetts with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Massachusetts salary is worth about 0.95× 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 Massachusetts.

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

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OccupationMedian, Massachusetts · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$79,460
Associate's degree
$62,030 – $88,2802,640
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$75,040
Associate's degree
$42,120 – $82,1801,410
3Massage Therapists$63,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,420 – $104,5102,830
4Medical Equipment Preparers$58,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,980 – $77,1301,900
5Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$58,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $81,6401,680
6Dental Assistants$57,980
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,270 – $72,7909,680
7Phlebotomists$50,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,950 – $62,3502,580
8Medical Assistants$49,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,280 – $61,87014,880
9Nursing Assistants$46,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,380 – $57,88038,130
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$46,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $63,1302,130
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$40,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $46,700117,940
12Orderlies$38,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,660 – $48,3101,810

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

#	Occupation	MedianMassachusetts	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$79,460	$62,030 – $88,280	2,640
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$75,040	$42,120 – $82,180	1,410
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,390	$40,420 – $104,510	2,830
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,580	$40,980 – $77,130	1,900
5	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,340	$38,960 – $81,640	1,680
6	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,980	$47,270 – $72,790	9,680
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,170	$42,950 – $62,350	2,580
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,460	$43,280 – $61,870	14,880
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,680	$39,380 – $57,880	38,130
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,670	$35,460 – $63,130	2,130
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,910	$36,960 – $46,700	117,940
12	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,970	$36,660 – $48,310	1,810

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