High paying personal care jobs in Madison, WI

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Madison, WI. 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 Madison, WI run 2.7% below the national average (2024), so a Madison, WI salary is worth about 1.03× 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

Find personal care jobs in Madison, WI

OccupationMedian, Madison, WI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$50,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $76,140310
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$48,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,780 – $71,1801,390
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$47,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,980 – $74,490700
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$39,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,640 – $55,400190
5Skincare Specialists$37,720
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,830 – $68,690190
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$36,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,580 – $48,680890
7Childcare Workers$34,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,830 – $46,280680
8Animal Caretakers$34,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,760 – $58,6801,240
9Recreation Workers$34,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,180 – $50,640970
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$32,460
No formal educational credential
$22,140 – $49,920720
11Tour and Travel Guides$31,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,650 – $37,710130
12Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$28,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,720 – $50,240190
13Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$27,840
No formal educational credential
$21,670 – $36,980140

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

#	Occupation	MedianMadison, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,620	$37,790 – $76,140	310
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,720	$29,780 – $71,180	1,390
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,310	$33,980 – $74,490	700
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,020	$23,640 – $55,400	190
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,720	$22,830 – $68,690	190
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,490	$23,580 – $48,680	890
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,450	$25,830 – $46,280	680
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,160	$27,760 – $58,680	1,240
9	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,030	$28,180 – $50,640	970
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$32,460	$22,140 – $49,920	720
11	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,170	$23,650 – $37,710	130
12	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,110	$25,720 – $50,240	190
13	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$27,840	$21,670 – $36,980	140

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

More for Madison, WI

Other metro areas in WI

By field in Madison, WI

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Madison, WI to rank honestly.

High paying personal care jobs in Madison, WI

More for Madison, WI

Other metro areas in WI

By field in Madison, WI

Without a degree

High paying personal care jobs in each state