High paying personal care jobs in Massachusetts

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Massachusetts salary is worth about 0.95× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Massachusetts.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Massachusetts · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$64,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $105,3909,200
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$56,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,050 – $82,9602,700
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$53,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $83,3701,600
4Residential Advisors$48,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $65,9805,120
5Skincare Specialists$47,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,610 – $60,3201,360
6Baggage Porters and Bellhops$41,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,150 – $57,1501,300
7Childcare Workers$40,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,130 – $49,79013,140
8Animal Caretakers$39,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,910 – $64,0606,900
9Recreation Workers$38,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,910 – $50,09011,280
10Tour and Travel Guides$37,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,510 – $50,9601,760
11Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$37,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,600 – $79,3309,600
12Manicurists and Pedicurists$35,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,510 – $46,2104,660
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$34,440
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $38,8405,460
14Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$33,940
No formal educational credential
$32,150 – $43,2702,270

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

#	Occupation	MedianMassachusetts	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,620	$36,110 – $105,390	9,200
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,990	$43,050 – $82,960	2,700
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,740	$36,440 – $83,370	1,600
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,190	$37,850 – $65,980	5,120
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,310	$36,610 – $60,320	1,360
6	Baggage Porters and BellhopsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,040	$34,150 – $57,150	1,300
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,900	$34,130 – $49,790	13,140
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,650	$32,910 – $64,060	6,900
9	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,540	$32,910 – $50,090	11,280
10	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,840	$33,510 – $50,960	1,760
11	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,290	$31,600 – $79,330	9,600
12	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,470	$33,510 – $46,210	4,660
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,440	$31,200 – $38,840	5,460
14	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$33,940	$32,150 – $43,270	2,270

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Massachusetts. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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

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