75+ Healthcare Support Jobs in San Jose, CA

The cleanest local government benchmark is older: BLS reported a mean wage of $22.41 per hour for healthcare support occupations in the San Jose metro as of May 2023. More recent local posting samples are higher, with hourly roles centering on about $25 to $29 per hour in one dataset and about $27 to $32 per hour in another, including one April 2026 certified medical assistant opening at $27.00 per hour.

Full July 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 83 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $50,960 at the 25th percentile, $60,320 at the median and $75,795 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable market, but not an easy one. San Jose metro unemployment was 3.9% in June 2026 versus 5.2% statewide, and the local sample still shows more than 200 postings across more than 75 companies over the last 90 days. But statewide signals for this job family are cooler than the headline labor market: California healthcare support and healthcare administration employment was up 1.2% year over year in July 2026 while active postings were down 11.7%, which suggests employers still need the work done but are opening fewer seats.

Best positioned: You have the best odds right now if you can step into on-site hospital or clinic roles with CPR plus either CNA or medical assistant credentials and can show patient care, vital signs, EKG, and documentation skills.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating this like generic office work; most local openings are entry level and on-site, and higher pay figures often reflect broader statewide or more specialized roles rather than a typical support job.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 89 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Sutter Health: 12 open roles
2. El Camino Health: 7 open roles
3. Silicon Valley Medical Development LLC: 4 open roles
4. BACH: 3 open roles
5. Carbon Health: 3 open roles
6. DaVita Inc.: 3 open roles
7. Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.: 3 open roles
8. Alameda Health System: 2 open roles
9. CALRegional: 2 open roles
10. CommonSpirit Health: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Jose: 24
• Mountain View: 10
• Los Gatos: 7
• Palo Alto: 6
• Union City: 5
• Fremont: 4
• Milpitas: 4
• Sunnyvale: 4

Work arrangement

on-site 84 (99%), hybrid 1 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated on the provider side. In the local posting mix, healthcare accounts for about 50% of demand, hospitals and health care about 20%, healthcare services about 15%, and health care services and hospitals about 10%. The most consistently active named employers were Stanford Health Care with more than 20 postings, El Camino Health with around 10, and Silicon Valley Medical Development LLC with around 10. That matters because this is not a broad office-admin market hiding inside healthcare branding. About 30% of postings came from large employers, but the overall employer mix was still fragmented rather than dominated by one buyer. A second concentration is by level: about 75% of roles were entry level and only about 5% were lead+ roles, which favors candidates who can prove immediate workflow readiness over people trying to jump straight into management. There is also a smaller public-sector lane. Santa Clara Valley Healthcare had 9 public-health-related jobs listed in Santa Clara, showing that county-system hiring is part of the picture alongside private hospitals and medical groups.

• Hospital and health-system support (high): This is the clearest concentration point, led by employers such as Stanford Health Care and El Camino Health and supported by the strong hospitals-and-health-care share in the local mix.
• Outpatient clinics and medical groups (high): Medical-group hiring shows up through Silicon Valley Medical Development LLC and the broader healthcare services share of the local mix, making clinic operations and ambulatory support a practical target.
• County and public-health operations (moderate): The county system is a smaller lane, but active enough to matter for job seekers who value mission, benefits, and public-sector stability.

Where to focus: Start with large provider systems and outpatient groups, then add a second lane into county and public-health operations.

Roles worth searching next

• Support technologist: It keeps you in non-clinical healthcare work but moves you closer to systems, tooling, and operational support, with a national salary benchmark of $68,600 in adjacent non-clinical healthcare work.
• EHR implementation or optimization coordinator: 2026 demand is moving toward EHR configuration, migrations, upgrades, workflow analysis, and interoperability support.
• Public-sector healthcare operations coordinator: Santa Clara Valley Healthcare showed 9 public-health-related openings in Santa Clara, which signals a live county-system path beside private employers.
• Revenue-cycle systems specialist: Administrative AI tools are already being used for eligibility checks, coding validation, denial prediction, and scheduling, which creates a more technical lane for experienced admin workers.

What postings ask for

• CPR certification (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most commonly cited certification in the local posting sample at about 15%, and local medical assistant training in San Jose explicitly includes it. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone applying to patient-facing support roles.
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) (differentiator | immediate): CNA appears in about 10% of local posting requirements and gives employers a clear signal that you can work in direct patient-support environments. Who: Job seekers targeting nursing assistant, patient care tech, long-term care, and hospital support pathways.
• Medical assistant certification (differentiator | near-term): It shows up in local requirements and pairs well with the local training routes that offer externship-based preparation for clinic work. Who: Candidates aiming at ambulatory clinics, urgent care, and physician-office support roles.
• Patient care, vital signs, specimen collection, EKG, and documentation (table_stakes | immediate): These are the most-requested hard skills in the local sample and are the fastest way to show you can contribute on day one. Who: Anyone applying to medical assistant, CNA, patient care tech, or mixed clinical-support roles.
• EHR fluency (premium | near-term): EHR work is recurring in healthcare administration, and 2026 demand is expanding toward EHR optimization, upgrades, workflow analysis, and interoperability rather than just basic data entry. Who: Mid-career admins, patient access staff, records specialists, and candidates aiming to move into better-paid specialized support work.
• Data-sharing, privacy, and compliance literacy (premium | near-term): California's Data Exchange Framework requirement and the state's newer health-data privacy rules make compliance awareness more valuable in admin workflows. Who: Administrative candidates working with intake, records, referrals, scheduling, or patient communications.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

The cleanest local government benchmark is older: BLS reported a mean wage of $22.41 per hour for healthcare support occupations in the San Jose metro as of May 2023. More recent local posting samples are higher, with hourly roles centering on about $25 to $29 per hour in one dataset and about $27 to $32 per hour in another, including one April 2026 certified medical assistant opening at $27.00 per hour. That points to real local pay above national median benchmarks for medical assistants at $44,200 per year and nursing assistants at $39,530 per year, but not necessarily enough to feel generous in San Jose's cost structure.

Where is demand for Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated on the provider side. In the local posting mix, healthcare accounts for about 50% of demand, hospitals and health care about 20%, healthcare services about 15%, and health care services and hospitals about 10%. The most consistently active named employers were Stanford Health Care with more than 20 postings, El Camino Health with around 10, and Silicon Valley Medical Development LLC with around 10. That matters because this is not a broad office-admin market hiding inside healthcare branding. About 30% of postings came from large employers, but the overall employer mix was still fragmented rather than dominated by one buyer. A second concentration is by level: about 75% of roles were entry level and only about 5% were lead+ roles, which favors candidates who can prove immediate workflow readiness over people trying to jump straight into management. There is also a smaller public-sector lane. Santa Clara Valley Healthcare had 9 public-health-related jobs listed in Santa Clara, showing that county-system hiring is part of the picture alongside private hospitals and medical groups.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration talent in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Stanford Health Care (20 postings), El Camino Health (10 postings), Silicon Valley Medical Development LLC (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA be done remotely?

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

How current are these listings?

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