High paying healthcare support jobs in Rochester, NY with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Rochester, NY 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 Rochester, NY run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rochester, NY salary is worth about 1.03× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Rochester, NY · Employed

1Massage Therapists$66,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $92,000200
2Physical Therapist Assistants$59,190
Associate's degree
$49,600 – $69,730210
3Dental Assistants$48,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,170 – $59,8701,020
4Medical Equipment Preparers$45,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,080 – $59,350320
5Phlebotomists$44,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,090 – $47,940560
6Orderlies$44,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,970 – $44,260310
7Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$43,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $60,380590
8Medical Assistants$41,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,140 – $48,0101,890
9Nursing Assistants$40,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,070 – $47,8005,130
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,650 – $45,830360
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$35,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,110 – $47,46017,070

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

#	Occupation	MedianRochester, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,110	$32,240 – $92,000	200
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$59,190	$49,600 – $69,730	210
3	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,780	$39,170 – $59,870	1,020
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,590	$37,080 – $59,350	320
5	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,770	$38,090 – $47,940	560
6	OrderliesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,260	$34,970 – $44,260	310
7	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,540	$38,600 – $60,380	590
8	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,710	$38,140 – $48,010	1,890
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,050	$38,070 – $47,800	5,130
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,580	$33,650 – $45,830	360
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,600	$34,110 – $47,460	17,070

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