High paying personal care jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX run 3.1% above the national average (2024), so a Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 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.

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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Employed

1Skincare Specialists$54,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,440 – $106,7601,620
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,810 – $68,8903,100
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,540 – $77,0502,400
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$45,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,170 – $78,2405,870
5Animal Caretakers$34,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $50,1806,110
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$33,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$26,560 – $60,1506,630
7Manicurists and Pedicurists$33,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$18,950 – $47,8201,500
8Recreation Workers$32,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,680 – $48,5305,160
9Childcare Workers$31,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,990 – $37,5608,660
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$28,080
No formal educational credential
$21,080 – $37,3708,490
11Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$27,230
No formal educational credential
$21,210 – $35,9904,020

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

#	Occupation	MedianDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,290	$28,440 – $106,760	1,620
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$31,810 – $68,890	3,100
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,650	$28,540 – $77,050	2,400
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,690	$24,170 – $78,240	5,870
5	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,310	$27,040 – $50,180	6,110
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$33,960	$26,560 – $60,150	6,630
7	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$33,800	$18,950 – $47,820	1,500
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,720	$23,680 – $48,530	5,160
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,110	$23,990 – $37,560	8,660
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$28,080	$21,080 – $37,370	8,490
11	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$27,230	$21,210 – $35,990	4,020

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. 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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