75+ Healthcare Support Jobs in San Diego, CA

Observed local government pay is moderate. BLS reported an average hourly wage of $20.75 for healthcare support occupations in the metro in May 2025, while the broader healthcare support occupation family had a 2025 annual median of $37,290, a mean of $43,170, a 75th-percentile wage of $47,720, and a 90th-percentile wage of $59,960. More current posting-based signals are higher, with hourly-paid local postings centered on about $24 to $30 / hour and a broader 25th-75th band of about $23 to $34 / hour, but that reflects advertised openings rather than realized pay.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 71 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $51,085 at the 25th percentile, $60,850 at the median and $64,074 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

San Diego is a workable market right now, especially on the support side. The metro unemployment rate was 4.9% in August 2026, local nonfarm payrolls were up 0.7% year over year, and education and health services grew 4.4591% year over year to 285.8 thousand jobs. The occupation base is meaningful locally—healthcare support made up 5.9% of metro employment in May 2025—and the recent job-posting sample shows more than 150 postings across more than 75 companies, led by hospital systems and community health employers. But California-wide occupation signals are cooler: employment for this occupation group was essentially flat and active postings were down 3.6% year over year in September 2026, so employers can still be selective even with ongoing frontline need.

Best positioned: Certified candidates who can work on-site and show both patient-facing workflow skills and basic documentation discipline—especially medical assistants, CNA-track workers, and patient access applicants—have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming all healthcare jobs here pay like the admin-heavy or specialized openings; most local openings skew entry-level and on-site, and the local posting pay center is still only about $24 to $30 / hour.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 77 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc.: 8 open roles
2. Sharp: 8 open roles
3. Scripps Health: 7 open roles
4. Concentra: 6 open roles
5. San Ysidro Health: 4 open roles
6. University of California San Diego: 4 open roles
7. Charles River Laboratories, Inc.: 2 open roles
8. DaVita Inc.: 2 open roles
9. Fresenius Medical Care AG: 2 open roles
10. Modena Health: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Diego: 50
• Chula Vista: 8
• Poway: 4
• El Cajon: 3
• La Mesa: 3
• Encinitas: 3
• La Jolla: 1
• National City: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 72 (97%), hybrid 2 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is clustered where patient throughput is constant: hospitals, health systems, community clinics, and ambulatory sites. In the local posting sample, about 50% of postings came from hospitals and health care, about 30% from healthcare, about 10% from medical practices, and about 5% from colleges & universities. Leading employers included Sharp (around 15), UC San Diego Health (around 10), University of California San Diego (around 10), Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc. (around 5), Concentra (around 5), Usd-Disabledvets (around 5), and San Ysidro Health (around 5). This is not a winner-take-all market. Hiring in the sample was fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one dominant system, and about 35% of postings came from enterprise employers. That helps candidates who are open to multiple settings, but it also means you should tailor your application to the workflow of each segment: inpatient support, ambulatory care, community health, or university-affiliated health operations. The weaker spot is generic back-office administration. Employers increasingly want documentation, HIPAA, EHR, compliance, and workflow-automation fluency rather than just general office experience, especially as AI tools expand into intake, scheduling, insurance verification, and coding assistance.

• Hospital systems and academic health employers (high): Sharp, UC San Diego Health, and the University of California San Diego are among the most consistently active employers, and hospitals/health systems account for most local postings.
• Community clinics, FQHC-style organizations, and ambulatory care (high): Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc., San Ysidro Health, and Concentra appear in the active-employer mix, matching local reporting on frontline shortages and training pipelines.
• Back-office admin, records, and HIM-heavy roles (moderate): These roles exist, but employers increasingly expect EHR, compliance, documentation, and automation fluency rather than generic clerical backgrounds.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site roles inside hospital systems, large clinics, and community health networks before chasing remote admin work.

Roles worth searching next

• Licensed vocational nurse (LVN): Natural next step for CNAs, MAs, and patient care techs who want a licensed clinical path.
• Pharmacy technician: Transfers well from patient-facing support work, medication awareness, and healthcare workflow experience.
• Medical receptionist or front-office coordinator: Best bridge for candidates with customer-service strength who are not yet ready for hands-on clinical tasks.
• Health information analyst or revenue cycle analyst: Good pivot for records, coding, or patient-access workers who like data quality and compliance work.

What postings ask for

• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) (table_stakes | immediate): CMA was among the most commonly requested credentials in local postings, and nationally 89% of employers said they would choose a certified candidate over a non-certified one when other factors were equal. Who: Entry-level applicants targeting medical assistant or mixed clinical/admin roles.
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) (table_stakes | immediate): Certified nursing assistant appeared among the local required credentials, and San Diego Continuing Education reported an active local CNA training pipeline in 2026. Who: Candidates aiming for bedside support, rehab, long-term care, or hospital support roles.
• CPR / Basic Life Support (BLS) (table_stakes | immediate): CPR certification, BLS, and AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional all showed up repeatedly in local postings. Who: Anyone applying to patient-facing support jobs.
• Patient care, vital signs, and rooming workflow (table_stakes | immediate): Patient care, vital signs monitoring, and related clinical-support tasks are among the most requested local skills, and local reporting described medical assistants as handling vitals, patient prep, paperwork, and clinician support. Who: Entry-level and career-switching candidates trying to prove hands-on readiness.
• Clinical documentation and HIPAA compliance (differentiator | near-term): Clinical documentation and HIPAA compliance are explicit local skill signals, and California's 2026 privacy and AI changes raise the value of candidates who can handle records and patient information safely. Who: Patient access, medical records, front-desk, and practice-operations candidates.
• Phlebotomy and medication administration (premium | near-term): Both skills appear in the local top-skill mix and help separate multi-duty clinical support applicants from basic entry candidates. Who: Medical assistants and patient care tech applicants who want better odds and better shifts.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles pay in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

Observed local government pay is moderate. BLS reported an average hourly wage of $20.75 for healthcare support occupations in the metro in May 2025, while the broader healthcare support occupation family had a 2025 annual median of $37,290, a mean of $43,170, a 75th-percentile wage of $47,720, and a 90th-percentile wage of $59,960. More current posting-based signals are higher, with hourly-paid local postings centered on about $24 to $30 / hour and a broader 25th-75th band of about $23 to $34 / hour, but that reflects advertised openings rather than realized pay. That spread usually means San Diego employers are paying more for multi-duty support jobs than the older BLS average suggests, but not enough to make this an easy affordability market. San Diego home prices were still above last year, with the home price index up 1.2% year over year in July 2026.

Where is demand for Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is clustered where patient throughput is constant: hospitals, health systems, community clinics, and ambulatory sites. In the local posting sample, about 50% of postings came from hospitals and health care, about 30% from healthcare, about 10% from medical practices, and about 5% from colleges & universities. Leading employers included Sharp (around 15), UC San Diego Health (around 10), University of California San Diego (around 10), Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc. (around 5), Concentra (around 5), Usd-Disabledvets (around 5), and San Ysidro Health (around 5). This is not a winner-take-all market. Hiring in the sample was fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one dominant system, and about 35% of postings came from enterprise employers. That helps candidates who are open to multiple settings, but it also means you should tailor your application to the workflow of each segment: inpatient support, ambulatory care, community health, or university-affiliated health operations. The weaker spot is generic back-office administration. Employers increasingly want documentation, HIPAA, EHR, compliance, and workflow-automation fluency rather than just general office experience, especially as AI tools expand into intake, scheduling, insurance verification, and coding assistance.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration talent in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Sharp (15 postings), UC San Diego Health (10 postings), University of California San Diego (10 postings), Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc. (5 postings), Concentra (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA be done remotely?

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

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