High paying healthcare support jobs in New Jersey with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in New Jersey 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 New Jersey run 8.8% above the national average (2024), so a New Jersey salary is worth about 0.92× 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 New Jersey.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Jersey · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$78,440
Associate's degree
$62,620 – $90,0901,810
2Medical Equipment Preparers$50,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,050 – $69,5702,440
3Massage Therapists$50,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,280 – $81,9302,890
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$49,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,370 – $66,0602,640
5Dental Assistants$49,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,660 – $64,2009,990
6Phlebotomists$48,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,730 – $58,5205,230
7Medical Assistants$47,210
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,010 – $58,07020,330
8Nursing Assistants$46,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,900 – $55,14032,400
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $57,6703,270
10Psychiatric Aides$45,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,180 – $60,1102,060
11Medical Transcriptionists$39,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,220 – $55,9501,710
12Orderlies$38,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $45,9802,640
13Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $48,180117,080
14Physical Therapist Aides$34,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $44,3502,230

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Jersey	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$78,440	$62,620 – $90,090	1,810
2	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,280	$38,050 – $69,570	2,440
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,150	$33,280 – $81,930	2,890
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,600	$37,370 – $66,060	2,640
5	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,390	$38,660 – $64,200	9,990
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,650	$39,730 – $58,520	5,230
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,210	$37,010 – $58,070	20,330
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,830	$38,900 – $55,140	32,400
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$36,720 – $57,670	3,270
10	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,780	$39,180 – $60,110	2,060
11	Medical TranscriptionistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,020	$32,220 – $55,950	1,710
12	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,670	$34,770 – $45,980	2,640
13	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,090	$32,220 – $48,180	117,080
14	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,430	$32,220 – $44,350	2,230

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