High paying personal care jobs in Anchorage, AK

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Anchorage, AK. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single personal care job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Anchorage, AK run 5.4% above the national average (2024), so a Anchorage, AK salary is worth about 0.95× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Anchorage, AK · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$50,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,490 – $83,890200
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$49,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $66,050200
3Manicurists and Pedicurists$47,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,020 – $59,190120
4Amusement and Recreation Attendants$45,780
No formal educational credential
$32,720 – $53,860170
5Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$44,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,250 – $61,870560
6Tour and Travel Guides$44,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,740 – $59,000620
7Skincare Specialists$41,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,290 – $47,89090
8Gambling Service Workers, All Other$38,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,350 – $55,600210
9Recreation Workers$37,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $60,700350
10Animal Caretakers$36,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,480 – $51,390330
11Childcare Workers$36,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,620 – $46,360860
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$34,120
No formal educational credential
$28,250 – $36,610110
13Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$32,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,900 – $55,430240
14Baggage Porters and Bellhops$32,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,140 – $36,85060
15Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants$26,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,770 – $44,830100

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAnchorage, AK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,590	$39,490 – $83,890	200
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,230	$37,390 – $66,050	200
3	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,890	$28,020 – $59,190	120
4	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$45,780	$32,720 – $53,860	170
5	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,680	$27,250 – $61,870	560
6	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,400	$30,740 – $59,000	620
7	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,240	$34,290 – $47,890	90
8	Gambling Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,010	$28,350 – $55,600	210
9	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,240	$36,950 – $60,700	350
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,490	$27,480 – $51,390	330
11	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,280	$30,620 – $46,360	860
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$34,120	$28,250 – $36,610	110
13	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$32,150	$30,900 – $55,430	240
14	Baggage Porters and BellhopsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,150	$25,140 – $36,850	60
15	Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,270	$24,770 – $44,830	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Anchorage, AK. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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