High paying healthcare support jobs in Minnesota with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Minnesota 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 Minnesota run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Minnesota salary is worth about 1.01× 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 Minnesota.

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

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OccupationMedian, Minnesota · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$66,770
Associate's degree
$58,010 – $77,4201,230
2Dental Assistants$65,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,960 – $76,1105,980
3Massage Therapists$63,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,320 – $97,8701,690
4Medical Assistants$50,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,110 – $60,10010,580
5Medical Equipment Preparers$50,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,900 – $61,5801,390
6Nursing Assistants$46,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,010 – $55,41029,120
7Phlebotomists$46,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,740 – $58,9202,090
8Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $56,1802,940
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$45,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $49,0601,450
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,000 – $46,650128,680

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

#	Occupation	MedianMinnesota	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$66,770	$58,010 – $77,420	1,230
2	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,270	$46,960 – $76,110	5,980
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$63,070	$28,320 – $97,870	1,690
4	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,480	$40,110 – $60,100	10,580
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,070	$40,900 – $61,580	1,390
6	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,680	$38,010 – $55,410	29,120
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,000	$38,740 – $58,920	2,090
8	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$36,160 – $56,180	2,940
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,280	$36,410 – $49,060	1,450
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$33,000 – $46,650	128,680

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