High paying healthcare support jobs in Wisconsin with no experience

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin run 5.9% below the national average (2024), so a Wisconsin salary is worth about 1.06× 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 Wisconsin.

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

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OccupationMedian, Wisconsin · Employed

1Physical Therapist Assistants$64,080
Associate's degree
$51,960 – $77,4401,650
2Occupational Therapy Assistants$59,960
Associate's degree
$44,620 – $72,9401,050
3Massage Therapists$58,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$20,280 – $105,3601,520
4Medical Assistants$48,680
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,480 – $57,99013,810
5Medical Equipment Preparers$47,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,170 – $59,1801,380
6Dental Assistants$47,520
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,500 – $58,8407,760
7Phlebotomists$46,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,680 – $51,9503,610
8Nursing Assistants$45,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,900 – $50,65028,370
9Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$44,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,110 – $60,8601,810
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$36,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,400 – $45,6302,200
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$36,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,030 – $42,82082,430

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

#	Occupation	MedianWisconsin	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$64,080	$51,960 – $77,440	1,650
2	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$59,960	$44,620 – $72,940	1,050
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,070	$20,280 – $105,360	1,520
4	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,680	$39,480 – $57,990	13,810
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,570	$38,170 – $59,180	1,380
6	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,520	$39,500 – $58,840	7,760
7	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,470	$37,680 – $51,950	3,610
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,130	$37,900 – $50,650	28,370
9	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,850	$35,110 – $60,860	1,810
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,850	$30,400 – $45,630	2,200
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,340	$28,030 – $42,820	82,430

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