Healthcare Support Workers, All Other · SOC 31-9099

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Healthcare Support Workers, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for healthcare support workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 282 metro areas

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Napa, CA	$76,490	100	1.2
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$66,520	2,180	0.9
3	Springfield, MA	$65,760	150	0.7
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$64,540	1,720	0.8
5	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$64,310	40	0.8
6	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$64,080	1,140	0.9
7	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$62,660	120	1.3
8	Anchorage, AK	$62,550	80	0.4
9	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$62,230	50	1.0
10	Bellingham, WA	$61,850	60	0.6
11	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$61,770	140	1.1
12	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$61,090	260	0.9
13	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$60,760	1,160	0.4
14	Longview-Kelso, WA	$60,050	40	0.9
15	Vallejo, CA	$59,850	130	0.9
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$59,560	100	0.5
17	Visalia, CA	$59,390	150	0.9
18	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$59,350	140	1.1
19	Vineland, NJ	$59,040	50	0.8
20	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$58,720	40	0.9
21	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$58,280	140	1.3
22	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$57,820	5,090	0.5
23	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$57,740	1,630	1.1
24	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$57,560	210	1.0
25	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$57,400	160	0.6

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Healthcare Support Workers, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.