150+ Healthcare Support Jobs in Raleigh, NC

Observed local pay is moderate: BLS put Raleigh healthcare support at $19.62/hour in May 2025, while hourly local postings center on about $17 to $23 / hour and a recent Cary Health Services Specialist posting showed $20-$22.50 per hour. Estimated and proxy figures suggest a medical assistant typical salary near $46,160 and a healthcare technician example from $19.09 entry to $24.95 senior, but those are role-specific directional guides rather than market-wide medians.

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Advertised pay

Across the 59 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $42,640 at the 25th percentile, $48,142 at the median and $48,511 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 7, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Raleigh-Cary is still a workable market for healthcare support and healthcare administration, but it is not a volume-apply market. Metro unemployment was 3.1% in June 2026, and the local sample still showed more than 300 postings across more than 75 companies over the last 90 days. At the same time, North Carolina employment in this occupation family was up 1.7% year over year in July 2026 while active postings were down 17.9%, which usually means employers still need people but can be pickier about credentials, availability, and fit. If you have a relevant certificate, EMR exposure, and can work on-site, your odds are solid; if you need remote work or sponsorship, this market will feel much tighter.

Best positioned: Candidates with a medical assistant or patient-support credential, hands-on patient care or patient access experience, EMR fluency, and open on-site availability have the best odds, especially with large systems such as Duke PA, UNC Health, Duke Health, Wakemed, and WakeMed.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming healthcare demand automatically means easy hiring or strong wages: statewide postings are down 17.9% year over year, and typical local posted pay still centers on about $17 to $23 / hour against a local living-wage estimate of $40,440 annually.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 171 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Duke PA: 28 open roles
2. Wakemed: 21 open roles
3. Duke Health: 17 open roles
4. Fresenius Medical Care AG: 14 open roles
5. UNC Health: 11 open roles
6. UNC Health: 9 open roles
7. DaVita Inc.: 8 open roles
8. NC: 7 open roles
9. Walmart Inc.: 6 open roles
10. CenterWell Senior Primary Care: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Raleigh: 60
• Durham: 31
• Cary: 28
• Morrisville: 8
• Wake Forest: 6
• Holly Springs: 6
• Garner: 5
• Smithfield: 5

Work arrangement

on-site 170 (99%), hybrid 1 (1%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity sits inside large health systems and clinic networks rather than small independent offices. In the local sample, about 45% of postings came from large employers, the most-active industries were healthcare (about 60%) and hospitals and health care (about 30%), and named leaders included Duke PA, UNC Health, Duke Health, and Wakemed. That matters because these employers can absorb shift coverage, float pools, and patient-access volume, so they hire across both bedside-adjacent support and front-end administrative work. Fresh local checks show WakeMed still listing Nurse Aide I and Clinical Secretary jobs, while Randstad posted a Cary Health Services Specialist role tied to patient access and reimbursement. The category is broad, but the evidence is not even across sub-roles. Medical assistant and patient-support/admin pathways show the clearest local depth, with a proxy estimate of about 3,810 medical assistant jobs in Raleigh-Cary, while home-health-style work is clearly part of the healthcare support family nationally but has thinner direct local hiring evidence in this bundle.

• Hospital and health-system support (high): Nurse aide, patient care tech, clinical secretary, and medical assistant openings cluster in hospital and multisite clinic systems such as Duke PA, UNC Health, Duke Health, Wakemed, and WakeMed.
• Patient access, registration, and reimbursement support (moderate): Roles tied to patient registration, scheduling, reimbursement, and patient-journey workflows show up locally, including a Cary Health Services Specialist posting, and they reward EMR and workflow skill more than broad office experience.
• Home-based aide and scattered community support work (limited): This work belongs in the healthcare support family nationally, but the local evidence here is thinner than for medical assistant and hospital-based admin paths, so opportunities likely feel more fragmented.

Where to focus: Aim first at hospital systems and large outpatient networks where credentialed patient-support and patient-access roles overlap, then use that foothold to move into better-paid specialty clinics or operations work.

Roles worth searching next

• Polysomnographic technician or other healthcare technician roles: This is a reasonable bridge for candidates who already like bedside routines but want a more technical lane; a Raleigh-Cary technician example showed $19.09 entry pay, $24.95 senior pay, and 7.0% projected growth from 2023 to 2033.
• Medical coder: This is a logical pivot for people coming from records, billing, or patient-access work because it builds on terminology and reimbursement workflows, but it is becoming more tool-heavy as AI coding platforms such as Fathom, CodaMetrix, Nym, Solventum, Optum, and Lime Health AI spread.
• Revenue cycle or prior authorization specialist: Front-end admin experience can transfer here because large healthcare AI platforms now target prior authorization, enrollment, scheduling, and care-gap workflows.
• Healthcare operations coordinator or project coordinator: This is a good next move for admin candidates who can show process improvement, communication, project management, and data-analysis ability in healthcare settings.

What postings ask for

• Medical assistant certification (table_stakes | immediate): Local postings frequently mention named medical assistant credentials such as AMT, AAMA, NHA-CCMA, and NCMA, so certification helps clear first-pass screening for entry patient-care roles. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers aiming at medical assistant or clinic support work.
• Basic Life Support certification (table_stakes | immediate): Basic Life Support certification still appears in the local credential mix, especially when the job touches hands-on patient support. Who: Anyone targeting bedside-adjacent support roles.
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR) (differentiator | immediate): EMR proficiency is a core competency for nonclinical healthcare work and helps bridge support roles into patient access, records, and coordination lanes. Who: Mid-career admins, switchers with office backgrounds, and certified entry candidates who want faster progression.
• Patient registration and patient access (differentiator | immediate): A current Cary Health Services Specialist role ties hiring to patient access and reimbursement services, so front-end intake knowledge can widen your target list beyond bedside-support jobs. Who: Career switchers, front-desk candidates, and mid-career admins.
• Phlebotomy and vital signs (differentiator | immediate): These were among the most-requested hard skills in the local posting mix, making them useful separators for medical assistant and patient-care-tech applicants. Who: Entry-level candidates who want stronger clinic-role odds.
• Medical terminology and infection control (table_stakes | near-term): Both appear in the local skill mix and signal that employers want candidates who can operate safely and document accurately from day one. Who: Career switchers and recent grads entering healthcare for the first time.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Observed local pay is moderate: BLS put Raleigh healthcare support at $19.62/hour in May 2025, while hourly local postings center on about $17 to $23 / hour and a recent Cary Health Services Specialist posting showed $20-$22.50 per hour. Estimated and proxy figures suggest a medical assistant typical salary near $46,160 and a healthcare technician example from $19.09 entry to $24.95 senior, but those are role-specific directional guides rather than market-wide medians. That pay band can work for entry-level access, especially in a metro with a cost-of-living index of 97.2, but it still sits well below Raleigh's all-occupation mean wage of $34.01/hour and close to the local healthcare-support living-wage floor.

Where is demand for Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC concentrated?

Most real opportunity sits inside large health systems and clinic networks rather than small independent offices. In the local sample, about 45% of postings came from large employers, the most-active industries were healthcare (about 60%) and hospitals and health care (about 30%), and named leaders included Duke PA, UNC Health, Duke Health, and Wakemed. That matters because these employers can absorb shift coverage, float pools, and patient-access volume, so they hire across both bedside-adjacent support and front-end administrative work. Fresh local checks show WakeMed still listing Nurse Aide I and Clinical Secretary jobs, while Randstad posted a Cary Health Services Specialist role tied to patient access and reimbursement. The category is broad, but the evidence is not even across sub-roles. Medical assistant and patient-support/admin pathways show the clearest local depth, with a proxy estimate of about 3,810 medical assistant jobs in Raleigh-Cary, while home-health-style work is clearly part of the healthcare support family nationally but has thinner direct local hiring evidence in this bundle.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration talent in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Recent postings show the most activity from Duke PA (40 postings), UNC Health (40 postings), Duke Health (20 postings), Wakemed (20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 0% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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