75+ Healthcare Support Jobs in San Diego, CA

Observed local government pay is the conservative anchor: BLS put the San Diego metro mean for healthcare support occupations at $20.75/hour as of May 2025. Proxy signals are higher: hourly roles in the local posting sample centered on about $23 to $28 / hour, with a broader about $22 to $33 / hour band, and recent UC San Diego Health medical assistant openings advertised $26.85–$35.45 per hour and $30.75 per hour per diem. A separate BLS-based salary guide estimated a $23.76 hourly median and $49,420 annual median for local medical assistants.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 76 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $48,880 at the 25th percentile, $54,470 at the median and $63,110 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 11, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

San Diego is a workable market for healthcare support and healthcare administration, but it is not an easy one right now. The local healthcare base is expanding faster than the broader metro economy: Education and Health Services employment reached 284.3 thousand in July 2026 and was up 5.1405% year over year, while total metro nonfarm employment grew 0.5076%. We also observed more than 150 postings across more than 75 companies over the last 90 days, but a recent VA Medical Support Assistant posting listed five vacancies and capped applications at 50, which points to real competition for visible openings. Expect the best odds in patient-facing, on-site roles rather than generic remote administration.

Best positioned: Candidates with CMA or CNA plus CPR/BLS who can work on-site and show patient care, medical terminology, documentation, and workflow skills have the best odds.

Main caution: Do not assume generic office experience is enough: about 95% of sampled roles are on-site, about 75% are entry-level, and a recent VA support opening capped applications at 50 for five vacancies.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 79 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Sharp: 6 open roles
2. University of California San Diego: 6 open roles
3. San Ysidro Health: 5 open roles
4. Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc.: 4 open roles
5. UC San Diego Health: 4 open roles
6. Concentra: 3 open roles
7. Sharp Community Medical Group: 3 open roles
8. SYNERGY ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS INC: 3 open roles
9. Acuity Eye Group: 2 open roles
10. DAP Health incorporated: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Diego: 43
• El Cajon: 7
• Encinitas: 7
• La Mesa: 5
• Chula Vista: 5
• La Jolla: 4
• Poway: 3
• Kearny Mesa: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 73 (94%), hybrid 5 (6%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity is clustered in patient-facing, on-site care support. The local healthcare base is large—Education and Health Services employment reached 284.3 thousand in July 2026—and the posting sample shows work concentrated in healthcare settings (about 65%), hospitals and health care (about 30%), and education (about 5%). The most active named employers over the last 90 days included Sharp, UC San Diego Health, University of California San Diego, Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc., Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Concentra, San Ysidro Health, and St. Paul's Senior Services. The skill mix says this is not a generic office market. The most requested skills were patient care, medical terminology, vital signs monitoring, phlebotomy, infection control, HIPAA compliance, and clinical documentation. That fits recent local examples: UC San Diego Health posted medical assistant roles in primary care and neurology, San Ysidro Health cycled a PACE medical assistant role quickly, and Rady Children's listed patient care assistant and behavioral health assistant jobs in San Diego. Pure back-office or remote administration looks narrower. About 95% of sampled roles are on-site and about 0% remote, and one local VA Medical Support Assistant opening capped applicants at 50 for five vacancies. If you want healthcare administration rather than bedside support, your best odds are front-end patient flow, scheduling, registration, or clinic operations roles that stay close to care delivery rather than fully remote back-office work.

• Large health systems and academic clinics (high): The strongest named activity is in systems such as Sharp, UC San Diego Health, and University of California San Diego, where specialty clinics and hospital-linked practices keep hiring support staff.
• Community health and outpatient access (high): Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc., Concentra, and San Ysidro Health show that community clinics, urgent care, and outpatient programs remain important entry points, especially for medical assistant and patient-flow work.
• Pediatric and behavioral support settings (moderate): Rady Children's Hospital listed Behavioral Health Assistant and Patient Care Assistant II roles in San Diego, which suggests a smaller but real niche for pediatric and behavioral-support pathways.
• Pure remote healthcare administration (limited): This lane looks thin locally because about 95% of sampled roles are on-site, about 5% are hybrid, and about 0% are remote, while visible support-admin openings are drawing heavy application volume.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site clinic and hospital support roles tied directly to patient flow or bedside workflow; treat remote administration as a secondary search, not the main plan.

Roles worth searching next

• Behavioral Health Assistant: Rady Children's listed this role locally, and it uses patient observation, support, and documentation skills that overlap with bedside support work.
• Patient Care Assistant II: Rady Children's also listed Patient Care Assistant II roles in San Diego, which makes it a practical nearby path for applicants who are closer to direct care than to pure administration.
• Revenue Cycle Analyst: National non-clinical healthcare demand signals name revenue cycle analysts as growth roles, making this a reasonable pivot for admin candidates who are not landing front-desk openings.
• Medical Biller: Medical billers are also named among the non-clinical healthcare roles expected to see strong demand nationally.

What postings ask for

• Professional certificate in medical assisting or allied support (table_stakes | immediate): Professional certificates were the most common stated education requirement in the local posting sample at about 30%, ahead of bachelor's degrees at about 10%. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers who need a fast credibility signal.
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) (differentiator | immediate): CMA appears among the most commonly named certifications in local postings at about 10%, which helps you compete for the metro's large share of medical-assistant openings. Who: Anyone targeting ambulatory, specialty-clinic, or primary-care support roles.
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) (differentiator | immediate): CNA is also among the most commonly named certifications in local postings at about 10%, making it a practical signal for bedside-support and patient-care-assistant pathways. Who: Applicants leaning toward inpatient, long-term-care, or direct-care work.
• CPR / BLS (table_stakes | immediate): CPR certification and BLS both show up repeatedly in local postings, especially for patient-facing roles. Who: Almost every entry-level or switching candidate who wants patient-facing work.
• Patient care (table_stakes | immediate): Patient care is the most requested hard skill in the local sample at about 30%, so employers are screening for direct care readiness rather than generic service skills. Who: Entry-level candidates, CNAs, home-health applicants, and switchers with caregiving backgrounds.
• Medical terminology (table_stakes | immediate): Medical terminology appeared in about 20% of local postings, making it one of the clearest signals that admin candidates still need healthcare-specific language fluency. Who: Front-desk, patient-access, scheduler, records, and support-admin applicants.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local government pay is the conservative anchor: BLS put the San Diego metro mean for healthcare support occupations at $20.75/hour as of May 2025. Proxy signals are higher: hourly roles in the local posting sample centered on about $23 to $28 / hour, with a broader about $22 to $33 / hour band, and recent UC San Diego Health medical assistant openings advertised $26.85–$35.45 per hour and $30.75 per hour per diem. A separate BLS-based salary guide estimated a $23.76 hourly median and $49,420 annual median for local medical assistants. That points to a market where many real openings clear the low-$20s, but the better-paying jobs are concentrated in large systems, specialty clinics, and flexible per-diem coverage. It also means San Diego pay can still feel tight against the county's $32.88/hour living-wage estimate for a single adult.

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

Most real opportunity is clustered in patient-facing, on-site care support. The local healthcare base is large—Education and Health Services employment reached 284.3 thousand in July 2026—and the posting sample shows work concentrated in healthcare settings (about 65%), hospitals and health care (about 30%), and education (about 5%). The most active named employers over the last 90 days included Sharp, UC San Diego Health, University of California San Diego, Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc., Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Concentra, San Ysidro Health, and St. Paul's Senior Services. The skill mix says this is not a generic office market. The most requested skills were patient care, medical terminology, vital signs monitoring, phlebotomy, infection control, HIPAA compliance, and clinical documentation. That fits recent local examples: UC San Diego Health posted medical assistant roles in primary care and neurology, San Ysidro Health cycled a PACE medical assistant role quickly, and Rady Children's listed patient care assistant and behavioral health assistant jobs in San Diego. Pure back-office or remote administration looks narrower. About 95% of sampled roles are on-site and about 0% remote, and one local VA Medical Support Assistant opening capped applicants at 50 for five vacancies. If you want healthcare administration rather than bedside support, your best odds are front-end patient flow, scheduling, registration, or clinic operations roles that stay close to care delivery rather than fully remote back-office work.

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 (10 postings), UC San Diego Health (10 postings), University of California San Diego (10 postings), Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc. (10 postings), Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (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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