High paying healthcare support jobs in Oregon with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Oregon 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 Oregon run 3.4% above the national average (2024), so a Oregon salary is worth about 0.97× 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 Oregon.

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

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OccupationMedian, Oregon · Employed

1Massage Therapists$86,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,270 – $103,6302,250
2Physical Therapist Assistants$73,180
Associate's degree
$56,620 – $89,480890
3Dental Assistants$59,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,010 – $75,5705,930
4Medical Assistants$50,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,760 – $62,16011,840
5Nursing Assistants$49,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,210 – $61,31014,800
6Phlebotomists$49,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,060 – $62,2801,800
7Medical Equipment Preparers$48,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $63,7701,570
8Psychiatric Aides$48,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,420 – $60,9001,550
9Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,340 – $63,9602,650
10Home Health and Personal Care Aides$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $53,12042,330
11Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$44,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,480 – $49,4703,170
12Physical Therapist Aides$36,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,430 – $44,4901,090

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

#	Occupation	MedianOregon	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$86,970	$47,270 – $103,630	2,250
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$73,180	$56,620 – $89,480	890
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,490	$49,010 – $75,570	5,930
4	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,410	$43,760 – $62,160	11,840
5	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,830	$43,210 – $61,310	14,800
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,160	$40,060 – $62,280	1,800
7	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,890	$35,810 – $63,770	1,570
8	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,300	$40,420 – $60,900	1,550
9	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$40,340 – $63,960	2,650
10	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$37,650 – $53,120	42,330
11	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,370	$36,480 – $49,470	3,170
12	Physical Therapist AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,060	$31,430 – $44,490	1,090

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