High paying medical jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
The best paid medical occupations in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island run 2.3% above the national average (2024), so a Rhode Island salary is worth about 0.98× 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 Rhode Island.
Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024
Associate's degree
$64,160 – $126,150260Associate's degree
$83,690 – $129,690380Associate's degree
$83,800 – $100,520770Associate's degree
$73,240 – $122,120260Associate's degree
$65,840 – $109,640660Postsecondary nondegree award
$65,650 – $94,5401,290Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,910 – $101,850240Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,650 – $84,540650Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,300 – $117,080240Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,790 – $106,290530Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,360 – $61,160430High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $77,130350Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,380 – $60,280410Associate's degree
$37,570 – $63,590530High school diploma or equivalent
$38,270 – $58,9901,540
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianRhode Island | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiovascular Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree | $104,000 | $64,160 – $126,150 | 260 |
| 2 | Diagnostic Medical SonographersAssociate's degree | $92,820 | $83,690 – $129,690 | 380 |
| 3 | Dental HygienistsAssociate's degree | $86,910 | $83,800 – $100,520 | 770 |
| 4 | Respiratory TherapistsAssociate's degree | $86,900 | $73,240 – $122,120 | 260 |
| 5 | Radiologic Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree | $85,330 | $65,840 – $109,640 | 660 |
| 6 | Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesPostsecondary nondegree award | $80,090 | $65,650 – $94,540 | 1,290 |
| 7 | Surgical TechnologistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $74,130 | $49,910 – $101,850 | 240 |
| 8 | Medical Records SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $63,960 | $44,650 – $84,540 | 650 |
| 9 | Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All OtherPostsecondary nondegree award | $63,060 | $41,300 – $117,080 | 240 |
| 10 | Health Technologists and Technicians, All OtherPostsecondary nondegree award | $57,800 | $47,790 – $106,290 | 530 |
| 11 | Emergency Medical TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award | $51,290 | $39,360 – $61,160 | 430 |
| 12 | Opticians, DispensingHigh school diploma or equivalent | $47,400 | $38,480 – $77,130 | 350 |
| 13 | Ophthalmic Medical TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award | $46,500 | $39,380 – $60,280 | 410 |
| 14 | Veterinary Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree | $45,310 | $37,570 – $63,590 | 530 |
| 15 | Pharmacy TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent | $44,380 | $38,270 – $58,990 | 1,540 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Rhode Island. 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.
More for Rhode Island
- High paying jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying jobs in Rhode Island that need no degree
- High paying jobs in Rhode Island that need no experience
- High paying entry level jobs in Rhode Island
- Fastest growing jobs in Rhode Island, 2024–34
- Fastest declining jobs in Rhode Island, 2024–34
- Jobs that actually got a raise in Rhode Island
- Jobs that lost the most to inflation in Rhode Island
- Jobs that pay the biggest premium in Rhode Island
Metro areas in Rhode Island
Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.
By field in Rhode Island
- High paying management jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying business and finance jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying tech and IT jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying engineering and architecture jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying science jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying social service jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying teaching and library jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying creative and media jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying medical jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying healthcare support jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying security and protective service jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying food service jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying personal care jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying sales jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying office and admin jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying construction jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying production jobs in Rhode Island
- High paying transportation jobs in Rhode Island
Without a degree
The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Rhode Island to rank honestly.
- High paying medical jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying healthcare support jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying healthcare support jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
- High paying security and protective service jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying food service jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying food service jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
- High paying cleaning and grounds jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying personal care jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying personal care jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
- High paying sales jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying sales jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
- High paying office and admin jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying office and admin jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
- High paying construction jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying construction jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
- High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
- High paying production jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying production jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
- High paying transportation jobs in Rhode Island with no degree
- High paying transportation jobs in Rhode Island with no experience
High paying medical jobs in each state with no experience
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming