High paying personal care jobs in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI. 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI run 5.2% below the national average (2024), so a Kalamazoo-Portage, MI salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $73,68080
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$44,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $66,730250
3Residential Advisors$43,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,650 – $64,90050
4First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$40,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,530 – $64,43080
5Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$34,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,960 – $96,730210
6Tour and Travel Guides$34,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,230 – $50,29040
7Recreation Workers$33,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,360 – $48,250440
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$31,510
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $34,720100
9Childcare Workers$30,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,320 – $38,580410
10Animal Caretakers$29,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,230 – $44,570160
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,250
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $38,580240
12Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants$28,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $38,25060

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

#	Occupation	MedianKalamazoo-Portage, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,060	$34,480 – $73,680	80
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,570	$30,520 – $66,730	250
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,890	$30,650 – $64,900	50
4	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,490	$35,530 – $64,430	80
5	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,110	$25,960 – $96,730	210
6	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,020	$28,230 – $50,290	40
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,510	$26,360 – $48,250	440
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$31,510	$25,960 – $34,720	100
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,420	$28,320 – $38,580	410
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,710	$28,230 – $44,570	160
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,250	$25,960 – $38,580	240
12	Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,660	$25,960 – $38,250	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI. 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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