High paying personal care jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA run 13.6% above the national average (2024), so a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$57,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $104,88016,350
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$56,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $77,0903,210
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$51,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,500 – $87,9705,060
4Residential Advisors$45,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,150 – $69,8003,570
5Concierges$43,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $59,3702,460
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$43,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,490 – $73,26010,910
7Tour and Travel Guides$42,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,640 – $63,4902,360
8Childcare Workers$39,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $48,39016,530
9Recreation Workers$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,100 – $48,79017,850
10Animal Caretakers$38,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $51,6309,000
11Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$37,870
No formal educational credential
$35,140 – $45,8706,950
12Amusement and Recreation Attendants$37,630
No formal educational credential
$34,930 – $45,37022,410
13Skincare Specialists$37,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,650 – $84,0604,500
14Manicurists and Pedicurists$36,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,320 – $38,17015,050
15Gambling Dealers$35,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $44,6804,180

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

#	Occupation	MedianLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,630	$37,980 – $104,880	16,350
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,280	$34,900 – $77,090	3,210
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,870	$39,500 – $87,970	5,060
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,240	$35,150 – $69,800	3,570
5	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,560	$37,330 – $59,370	2,460
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,500	$36,490 – $73,260	10,910
7	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,870	$36,640 – $63,490	2,360
8	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,890	$34,980 – $48,390	16,530
9	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$36,100 – $48,790	17,850
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,520	$35,590 – $51,630	9,000
11	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$37,870	$35,140 – $45,870	6,950
12	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,630	$34,930 – $45,370	22,410
13	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,560	$34,650 – $84,060	4,500
14	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,570	$35,320 – $38,170	15,050
15	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,090	$34,320 – $44,680	4,180

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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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