High paying personal care jobs in Chattanooga, TN-GA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Chattanooga, TN-GA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Chattanooga, TN-GA · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$46,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,270 – $59,160440
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$43,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,720 – $72,12090
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$43,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,150 – $66,850140
4Skincare Specialists$36,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$17,640 – $77,540160
5Residential Advisors$32,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,690 – $46,660220
6Recreation Workers$32,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,770 – $45,480250
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$30,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,370 – $57,630410
8Animal Caretakers$30,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,350 – $44,670560
9Tour and Travel Guides$30,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,320 – $34,400170
10Childcare Workers$28,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,970 – $35,4601,190
11Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$27,030
No formal educational credential
$21,140 – $32,600120
12Amusement and Recreation Attendants$26,450
No formal educational credential
$20,800 – $39,310490

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

#	Occupation	MedianChattanooga, TN-GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,630	$27,270 – $59,160	440
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,880	$28,720 – $72,120	90
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,840	$32,150 – $66,850	140
4	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,590	$17,640 – $77,540	160
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,750	$28,690 – $46,660	220
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,240	$23,770 – $45,480	250
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$30,380	$23,370 – $57,630	410
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,320	$23,350 – $44,670	560
9	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,120	$28,320 – $34,400	170
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,860	$21,970 – $35,460	1,190
11	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$27,030	$21,140 – $32,600	120
12	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$26,450	$20,800 – $39,310	490

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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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