High paying personal care jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cedar Rapids, IA. 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 Cedar Rapids, IA run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a Cedar Rapids, IA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Cedar Rapids, IA · Employed

1Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers$70,280
Associate's degree
$45,150 – $91,70060
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$44,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $65,34070
3Skincare Specialists$43,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,110 – $53,590100
4First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$39,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,000 – $60,370130
5Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$37,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,530 – $56,050210
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$35,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,270 – $61,920260
7Residential Advisors$35,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $49,08050
8Recreation Workers$29,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,420 – $44,930310
9Animal Caretakers$29,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,080 – $36,910340
10Childcare Workers$28,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,020 – $34,910380
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$23,640
No formal educational credential
$20,690 – $30,400460

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

#	Occupation	MedianCedar Rapids, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral ArrangersAssociate's degree	$70,280	$45,150 – $91,700	60
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,140	$31,200 – $65,340	70
3	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,810	$22,110 – $53,590	100
4	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,680	$27,000 – $60,370	130
5	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,790	$27,530 – $56,050	210
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,770	$28,270 – $61,920	260
7	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,620	$32,940 – $49,080	50
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,740	$22,420 – $44,930	310
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,190	$22,080 – $36,910	340
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,170	$22,020 – $34,910	380
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$23,640	$20,690 – $30,400	460

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cedar Rapids, IA. 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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