High paying personal care jobs in Manhattan, KS

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Manhattan, KS. 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 Manhattan, KS run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Manhattan, KS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Manhattan, KS · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$49,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $81,01050
2Residential Advisors$34,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,960 – $62,44050
3Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$31,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,810 – $56,280150
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$30,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$17,450 – $48,29060
5Recreation Workers$29,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,800 – $44,98090
6Animal Caretakers$29,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,810 – $54,29090
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,700
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,320 – $73,480130
8Childcare Workers$28,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,720 – $35,790210
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$27,980
No formal educational credential
$21,170 – $41,900330

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

#	Occupation	MedianManhattan, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,780	$35,700 – $81,010	50
2	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,890	$20,960 – $62,440	50
3	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,870	$21,810 – $56,280	150
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$30,260	$17,450 – $48,290	60
5	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,900	$22,800 – $44,980	90
6	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,880	$21,810 – $54,290	90
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,700	$23,320 – $73,480	130
8	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,590	$21,720 – $35,790	210
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$27,980	$21,170 – $41,900	330

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