High paying personal care jobs in Boulder, CO

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Boulder, CO. 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 Boulder, CO run 5.2% above the national average (2024), so a Boulder, CO 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, Boulder, CO · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$60,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,230 – $92,180230
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$57,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,740 – $87,290250
3Skincare Specialists$54,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,720 – $104,77090
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$51,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,730 – $98,1501,070
5Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$48,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,060 – $103,430490
6Childcare Workers$43,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $59,3601,060
7Recreation Workers$39,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,390 – $60,400370
8Manicurists and Pedicurists$38,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,610 – $62,980230
9Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$37,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $69,580110
10Animal Caretakers$37,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,510 – $60,050490
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$37,140
No formal educational credential
$32,580 – $48,880730

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

#	Occupation	MedianBoulder, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,150	$41,230 – $92,180	230
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,130	$36,740 – $87,290	250
3	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,440	$32,720 – $104,770	90
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,820	$33,730 – $98,150	1,070
5	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,120	$35,060 – $103,430	490
6	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,380	$34,590 – $59,360	1,060
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,260	$32,390 – $60,400	370
8	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,000	$34,610 – $62,980	230
9	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,930	$30,800 – $69,580	110
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,720	$35,510 – $60,050	490
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,140	$32,580 – $48,880	730

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