High paying personal care jobs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY run 4.2% below the national average (2024), so a Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$47,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,720 – $84,120830
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$47,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $75,160510
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $73,720280
4Childcare Workers$35,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $44,0102,100
5Animal Caretakers$34,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $45,950800
6Skincare Specialists$34,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $67,020300
7Amusement and Recreation Attendants$33,730
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $46,1401,220
8Recreation Workers$33,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $44,1101,880
9Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$33,270
No formal educational credential
$32,360 – $35,710430
10Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$32,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $80,430820
11Manicurists and Pedicurists$32,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $42,240700

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

#	Occupation	MedianBuffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,920	$32,720 – $84,120	830
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,480	$34,910 – $75,160	510
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,930	$37,420 – $73,720	280
4	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,410	$32,240 – $44,010	2,100
5	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,840	$32,240 – $45,950	800
6	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,770	$32,240 – $67,020	300
7	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$33,730	$32,240 – $46,140	1,220
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,640	$32,240 – $44,110	1,880
9	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$33,270	$32,360 – $35,710	430
10	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$32,950	$32,240 – $80,430	820
11	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$32,240	$32,240 – $42,240	700

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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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