High paying personal care jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT run 2.7% above the national average (2024), so a Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$50,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,100 – $78,710620
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,850 – $73,730610
3Residential Advisors$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,150 – $60,150350
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $92,920880
5Skincare Specialists$44,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,010 – $83,000190
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$42,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,010 – $70,9201,180
7Animal Caretakers$36,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $60,5201,040
8Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$36,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,180 – $49,190200
9Recreation Workers$35,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $50,7901,680
10Childcare Workers$35,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,220 – $43,6203,630
11Manicurists and Pedicurists$34,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,010 – $49,3301,330
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$34,420
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $37,540420
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$34,220
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $41,850710

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

#	Occupation	MedianHartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,010	$39,100 – $78,710	620
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$35,850 – $73,730	610
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$39,150 – $60,150	350
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$34,010 – $92,920	880
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,100	$34,010 – $83,000	190
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,650	$34,010 – $70,920	1,180
7	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,470	$35,250 – $60,520	1,040
8	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,130	$34,180 – $49,190	200
9	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,950	$34,010 – $50,790	1,680
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,920	$34,220 – $43,620	3,630
11	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,480	$34,010 – $49,330	1,330
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$34,420	$34,010 – $37,540	420
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,220	$34,010 – $41,850	710

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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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