High paying personal care jobs in Colorado

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Colorado. 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 Colorado run 3.1% above the national average (2024), so a Colorado salary is worth about 0.97× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Colorado.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Colorado · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$58,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,140 – $85,0004,150
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$54,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $84,0903,160
3Skincare Specialists$54,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,940 – $99,7201,510
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$49,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,110 – $87,34010,500
5Tour and Travel Guides$42,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,380 – $55,6002,150
6Childcare Workers$40,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,430 – $49,19013,310
7Recreation Workers$38,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,080 – $53,5806,100
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$38,380
No formal educational credential
$31,090 – $39,1102,960
9Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$37,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,040 – $61,5101,280
10Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$37,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,520 – $98,8606,820
11Animal Caretakers$37,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,070 – $55,3006,290
12Manicurists and Pedicurists$37,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,030 – $64,5903,970
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$35,770
No formal educational credential
$30,880 – $46,95010,820

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

#	Occupation	MedianColorado	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,640	$38,140 – $85,000	4,150
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,530	$37,380 – $84,090	3,160
3	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,500	$31,940 – $99,720	1,510
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,900	$34,110 – $87,340	10,500
5	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,840	$31,380 – $55,600	2,150
6	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,750	$33,430 – $49,190	13,310
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,820	$31,080 – $53,580	6,100
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$38,380	$31,090 – $39,110	2,960
9	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,930	$32,040 – $61,510	1,280
10	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,690	$31,520 – $98,860	6,820
11	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,430	$32,070 – $55,300	6,290
12	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,110	$32,030 – $64,590	3,970
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,770	$30,880 – $46,950	10,820

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Colorado. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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Without a degree

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

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