High paying personal care jobs in Iowa City, IA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Iowa City, IA. 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 Iowa City, IA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Iowa City, IA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Iowa City, IA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$47,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,660 – $81,260100
2Skincare Specialists$46,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,660 – $53,94040
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$44,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,850 – $50,03050
4Residential Advisors$39,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,160 – $70,82070
5Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$35,950
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,720 – $55,910240
6Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$34,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,500 – $49,920150
7Animal Caretakers$33,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,240 – $46,900300
8Recreation Workers$31,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,110 – $43,940180
9Childcare Workers$29,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,860 – $39,050460
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$28,870
No formal educational credential
$20,450 – $48,920400

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

#	Occupation	MedianIowa City, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,410	$30,660 – $81,260	100
2	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,010	$25,660 – $53,940	40
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,580	$35,850 – $50,030	50
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,350	$33,160 – $70,820	70
5	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,950	$27,720 – $55,910	240
6	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,900	$20,500 – $49,920	150
7	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,510	$27,240 – $46,900	300
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,740	$26,110 – $43,940	180
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,170	$22,860 – $39,050	460
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$28,870	$20,450 – $48,920	400

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Iowa City, IA. 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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