High paying personal care jobs in Mankato, MN

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Mankato, MN. 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 Mankato, MN run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Mankato, MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Mankato, MN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$52,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,360 – $64,10060
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$49,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,760 – $67,16030
3Residential Advisors$46,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $56,370150
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$43,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,610 – $45,13080
5Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$37,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,560 – $58,710110
6Recreation Workers$36,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,830 – $48,080190
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$35,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,190 – $79,560130
8Childcare Workers$34,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,730 – $37,430300
9Animal Caretakers$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,570 – $46,08050
10Gambling Service Workers, All Other$31,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,150 – $45,43050
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,060
No formal educational credential
$23,150 – $36,760120

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

#	Occupation	MedianMankato, MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,450	$38,360 – $64,100	60
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,110	$28,760 – $67,160	30
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,720	$35,360 – $56,370	150
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,870	$28,610 – $45,130	80
5	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,390	$28,560 – $58,710	110
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,440	$29,830 – $48,080	190
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,010	$23,190 – $79,560	130
8	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,590	$27,730 – $37,430	300
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$26,570 – $46,080	50
10	Gambling Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,760	$23,150 – $45,430	50
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,060	$23,150 – $36,760	120

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