High paying personal care jobs in Dover, DE

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dover, DE. 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 Dover, DE run 2.5% below the national average (2024), so a Dover, DE salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Dover, DE · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$57,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,570 – $73,84040
2Residential Advisors$44,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,71060
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$42,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,78030
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$37,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $71,670130
5Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$34,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,610 – $57,66030
6Recreation Workers$33,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $49,190120
7Animal Caretakers$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $36,430240
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$31,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,200 – $58,610170
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $36,310150
10Childcare Workers$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $44,72090
11Manicurists and Pedicurists$31,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,200 – $37,32070

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

#	Occupation	MedianDover, DE	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,940	$40,570 – $73,840	40
2	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,680	$31,200 – $58,710	60
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,810	$31,200 – $58,780	30
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,350	$31,200 – $71,670	130
5	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,780	$31,610 – $57,660	30
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,970	$31,200 – $49,190	120
7	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$31,200 – $36,430	240
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$31,200	$31,200 – $58,610	170
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $36,310	150
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$31,200 – $44,720	90
11	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$31,200	$31,200 – $37,320	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dover, DE. 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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