High paying personal care jobs in Erie, PA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Erie, PA. 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 Erie, PA run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Erie, PA salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Erie, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,880 – $58,890240
2Skincare Specialists$41,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$20,730 – $61,27040
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$40,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,000110
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$37,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,810 – $55,680320
5Residential Advisors$37,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,720 – $58,570150
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$35,540
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,400 – $78,240410
7Recreation Workers$32,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,760 – $49,950250
8Animal Caretakers$29,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,190 – $46,630210
9Manicurists and Pedicurists$28,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$18,310 – $47,250130
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$26,430
No formal educational credential
$17,200 – $34,220500
11Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$23,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,890 – $46,90050
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$21,550
No formal educational credential
$18,250 – $29,810120

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

#	Occupation	MedianErie, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$34,880 – $58,890	240
2	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,600	$20,730 – $61,270	40
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,700	$31,200 – $58,000	110
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,510	$26,810 – $55,680	320
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,030	$30,720 – $58,570	150
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,540	$23,400 – $78,240	410
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,410	$24,760 – $49,950	250
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,780	$22,190 – $46,630	210
9	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$28,100	$18,310 – $47,250	130
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$26,430	$17,200 – $34,220	500
11	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,390	$20,890 – $46,900	50
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$21,550	$18,250 – $29,810	120

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