High paying personal care jobs in Bellingham, WA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bellingham, WA. 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 Bellingham, WA run 3.3% above the national average (2024), so a Bellingham, WA salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Bellingham, WA · Employed

1Skincare Specialists$64,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,280 – $128,91080
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$61,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,680 – $86,64050
3Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$61,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,470 – $109,340160
4First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$58,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,150 – $86,65060
5Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$50,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $69,330300
6Residential Advisors$48,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $61,74070
7Recreation Workers$44,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $60,010260
8Animal Trainers$40,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,940 – $55,90030
9Childcare Workers$38,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $42,240130
10Animal Caretakers$37,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $59,970230
11Gambling Dealers$37,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $99,85090
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$36,180
No formal educational credential
$34,650 – $36,18070
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$35,510
No formal educational credential
$34,780 – $47,110200

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

#	Occupation	MedianBellingham, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,830	$48,280 – $128,910	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,990	$44,680 – $86,640	50
3	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,820	$35,470 – $109,340	160
4	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,240	$47,150 – $86,650	60
5	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,200	$36,050 – $69,330	300
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,620	$37,580 – $61,740	70
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,640	$35,950 – $60,010	260
8	Animal TrainersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,540	$38,940 – $55,900	30
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,820	$35,100 – $42,240	130
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,650	$35,920 – $59,970	230
11	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,410	$34,650 – $99,850	90
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$36,180	$34,650 – $36,180	70
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,510	$34,780 – $47,110	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bellingham, WA. 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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