High paying personal care jobs in Hattiesburg, MS

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Hattiesburg, MS. 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 Hattiesburg, MS run 12.4% below the national average (2024), so a Hattiesburg, MS salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Hattiesburg, MS · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$42,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,840 – $70,39030
2Manicurists and Pedicurists$41,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$20,880 – $82,15030
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$37,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,590 – $80,38060
4Recreation Workers$28,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,290 – $47,050110
5Animal Caretakers$26,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,360 – $35,360200
6Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$24,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,740 – $73,710100
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$24,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$16,640 – $38,37070
8Childcare Workers$21,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,580 – $30,170290
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$21,430
No formal educational credential
$16,730 – $27,020120
10Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$21,100
No formal educational credential
$21,050 – $28,58050

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

#	Occupation	MedianHattiesburg, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,580	$23,840 – $70,390	30
2	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,440	$20,880 – $82,150	30
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,130	$28,590 – $80,380	60
4	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,460	$19,290 – $47,050	110
5	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,790	$20,360 – $35,360	200
6	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,980	$18,740 – $73,710	100
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$24,580	$16,640 – $38,370	70
8	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,590	$17,580 – $30,170	290
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$21,430	$16,730 – $27,020	120
10	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$21,100	$21,050 – $28,580	50

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