Medical jobs are always in high demand, so take a look at the best paying medical jobs with least education in 2017 if you don’t want to spend a lot of time in school, but want job stability.
Finding high paying medical jobs with little schooling is hard to come by because with just about everything in life, you have to put in the time and work to reap the rewards. There’s no easy way to make the big bucks, especially in the medical field. So naturally, the people who hold the highest paying jobs in the medical field are the doctors and surgeons who spend a solid portion of their lives in school, residency, internships, and fellowships. So you see, it’s all relative. However, the medical field is not reserved for those who spend years in medical school and residences. There are plenty of jobs and people in the field who are just as integral to making sure the rest of us live long and healthy lives. There are a number of 2 year medical degrees and bachelor degree jobs in healthcare for those interested in joining the ranks. For an older list of these roles that do not require extensive education take a look at this article about best paying medical jobs with least education. It may not be a surgeon’s salary, but bachelor degrees in healthcare get comfortable salaries and avoid the stresses of sitting in hours-long surgeries. For more on this, take a look at some high paying medical jobs for college students and graduates. Taking it to the next step of the education ladder, the highest paying jobs with a master’s degree are roles such as a Physician’s Assistant.
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As the title of this article suggests, we are going to talk about some medical jobs that pay considerably well but do not require a ton of education. The best possible source for learning about wages has to be Bureau of Labor Statistics, so we primarily used the Bureau of Labor Statistics for our research, and also utilized Google’s search engine to find out the necessary data we needed to proceed with this article. However, since 2017 is not over yet, the data available was for the year 2016. But before we begin, let’s talk some numbers — especially living wages. “Living wage” is a term used to denote the amount of money you would need to afford for yourself and your family a decent standard of living. This, of course, is adjusted for inflation and subject to change from state to state. MIT has come up with an awesome tool called the living wage calculator that can tell us the living wage for all the states and subsequent counties. Let’s talk about New York for example, for a family of two adults (1 working) and one child, the living wage is around $56,000 per year or $27 per hour. Which is substantially higher in comparison to the average minimum wage which is somewhere around of $7 to $7.50 per hour. It definitely cost a lot to live in most places in New York.
Ranking the jobs was quite easy, as we ranked the jobs that fit our requirements according to median pay. The higher the median pay, the higher the job has been ranked on the list. And of course, we made sure that the jobs we are listing have the minimum educational requirements.
Let’s dive right in and get our list of best paying medical jobs with least education in 2017 on the way.
