High paying healthcare support jobs in New Mexico with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in New Mexico 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 Mexico run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a New Mexico salary is worth about 1.08× 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 Mexico.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Mexico · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$77,020
Associate's degree
$36,820 – $94,000300
2Physical Therapist Assistants$62,280
Associate's degree
$30,470 – $85,040700
3Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$52,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $65,640450
4Dental Assistants$44,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,060 – $55,9502,150
5Phlebotomists$42,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,400 – $48,350760
6Nursing Assistants$39,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,110 – $48,3404,750
7Medical Assistants$39,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,600 – $47,8505,400
8Massage Therapists$37,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,430 – $91,730360
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,870 – $48,310520
10Medical Equipment Preparers$36,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,040 – $56,530300
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$28,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,400 – $36,44038,910

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Mexico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$77,020	$36,820 – $94,000	300
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$62,280	$30,470 – $85,040	700
3	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,170	$37,240 – $65,640	450
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,400	$37,060 – $55,950	2,150
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,910	$32,400 – $48,350	760
6	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,390	$34,110 – $48,340	4,750
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,230	$34,600 – $47,850	5,400
8	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,840	$29,430 – $91,730	360
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,500	$29,870 – $48,310	520
10	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,720	$31,040 – $56,530	300
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,520	$26,400 – $36,440	38,910

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