High paying personal care jobs in Huntsville, AL

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Huntsville, AL. 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 Huntsville, AL run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Huntsville, AL salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Huntsville, AL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$47,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,490 – $97,490140
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$45,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,830 – $65,290270
3Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$45,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,200 – $62,450370
4Skincare Specialists$42,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,360 – $76,610100
5Recreation Workers$31,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,310 – $46,810430
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,050 – $55,920550
7Animal Caretakers$29,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,810 – $49,380480
8Residential Advisors$27,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,190 – $38,340260
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$24,010
No formal educational credential
$17,900 – $35,340960
10Childcare Workers$23,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,570 – $34,410440

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

#	Occupation	MedianHuntsville, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,480	$30,490 – $97,490	140
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,520	$29,830 – $65,290	270
3	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,160	$20,200 – $62,450	370
4	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$42,390	$32,360 – $76,610	100
5	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,560	$23,310 – $46,810	430
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,150	$21,050 – $55,920	550
7	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,110	$22,810 – $49,380	480
8	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,490	$24,190 – $38,340	260
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$24,010	$17,900 – $35,340	960
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,110	$20,570 – $34,410	440

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