High paying personal care jobs in Bowling Green, KY

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bowling Green, KY. 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 Bowling Green, KY run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Bowling Green, KY salary is worth about 1.11× 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

Find personal care jobs in Bowling Green, KY

OccupationMedian, Bowling Green, KY · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,730 – $72,800110
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,610 – $67,21030
3Tour and Travel Guides$40,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,780 – $45,700100
4Skincare Specialists$39,090
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,300 – $64,78040
5First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$35,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,390 – $67,08050
6Residential Advisors$32,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,060 – $44,49080
7Animal Caretakers$29,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,800 – $38,480160
8Recreation Workers$29,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,290 – $37,670230
9Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$28,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,260 – $56,210100
10Childcare Workers$24,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,720 – $33,170210
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$23,300
No formal educational credential
$17,050 – $35,100130
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$22,140
No formal educational credential
$20,240 – $28,28050

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

#	Occupation	MedianBowling Green, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$27,730 – $72,800	110
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$34,610 – $67,210	30
3	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,330	$23,780 – $45,700	100
4	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,090	$23,300 – $64,780	40
5	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,990	$23,390 – $67,080	50
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,650	$29,060 – $44,490	80
7	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,510	$23,800 – $38,480	160
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,180	$23,290 – $37,670	230
9	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$28,580	$23,260 – $56,210	100
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,960	$18,720 – $33,170	210
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$23,300	$17,050 – $35,100	130
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$22,140	$20,240 – $28,280	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bowling Green, KY. 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.

More for Bowling Green, KY

Other metro areas in KY

By field in Bowling Green, KY

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Bowling Green, KY to rank honestly.

High paying personal care jobs in Bowling Green, KY

More for Bowling Green, KY

Other metro areas in KY

By field in Bowling Green, KY

Without a degree

High paying personal care jobs in each state