High paying healthcare support jobs in New York with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in New York 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 York run 7.9% above the national average (2024), so a New York salary is worth about 0.93× 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 York.

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

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OccupationMedian, New York · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$64,100
Associate's degree
$46,350 – $81,0003,620
2Massage Therapists$62,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,280 – $110,2104,500
3Medical Equipment Preparers$57,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,140 – $71,0005,190
4Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$56,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,850 – $76,5405,470
5Phlebotomists$50,530
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,930 – $63,0706,400
6Psychiatric Aides$50,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $66,6205,120
7Nursing Assistants$48,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,450 – $59,89087,990
8Dental Assistants$48,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,410 – $60,49019,800
9Medical Assistants$48,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,280 – $59,48040,710
10Orderlies$46,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,150 – $55,7904,680
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$44,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,450 – $53,4605,790
12Home Health and Personal Care Aides$39,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $46,690663,140
13Physical Therapist Aides$35,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,610 – $51,4604,950

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$64,100	$46,350 – $81,000	3,620
2	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,630	$33,280 – $110,210	4,500
3	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,320	$39,140 – $71,000	5,190
4	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,510	$40,850 – $76,540	5,470
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,530	$37,930 – $63,070	6,400
6	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,220	$47,500 – $66,620	5,120
7	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,590	$38,450 – $59,890	87,990
8	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,110	$36,410 – $60,490	19,800
9	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,000	$37,280 – $59,480	40,710
10	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,600	$36,150 – $55,790	4,680
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,750	$36,450 – $53,460	5,790
12	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,620	$36,960 – $46,690	663,140
13	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,380	$32,610 – $51,460	4,950

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