High paying personal care jobs in Lancaster, PA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lancaster, PA. 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 Lancaster, PA run 1.7% below the national average (2024), so a Lancaster, PA salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Lancaster, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$51,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,310 – $72,090310
2Skincare Specialists$48,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,730 – $63,610100
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$44,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $69,420200
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$44,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,840 – $64,460600
5Residential Advisors$42,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,560 – $56,060140
6Funeral Attendants$36,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,710 – $45,410100
7Recreation Workers$35,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,160 – $47,260490
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$35,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,400 – $63,350840
9Animal Caretakers$32,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,630 – $45,350430
10Tour and Travel Guides$31,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,020 – $48,760100
11Childcare Workers$30,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,580 – $40,120420
12Manicurists and Pedicurists$29,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$20,660 – $47,110340
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,120
No formal educational credential
$20,800 – $36,940840
14Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$28,050
No formal educational credential
$19,810 – $36,350150

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

#	Occupation	MedianLancaster, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,930	$37,310 – $72,090	310
2	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,810	$25,730 – $63,610	100
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,850	$33,280 – $69,420	200
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,200	$28,840 – $64,460	600
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,800	$34,560 – $56,060	140
6	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,620	$31,710 – $45,410	100
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,640	$26,160 – $47,260	490
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,510	$28,400 – $63,350	840
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,400	$25,630 – $45,350	430
10	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,100	$23,020 – $48,760	100
11	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,620	$23,580 – $40,120	420
12	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,370	$20,660 – $47,110	340
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,120	$20,800 – $36,940	840
14	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$28,050	$19,810 – $36,350	150

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