High paying personal care jobs in Missouri

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Missouri. 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 Missouri run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Missouri 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Missouri.

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

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OccupationMedian, Missouri · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$47,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,420 – $70,6301,190
2Skincare Specialists$45,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,790 – $81,7101,390
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$43,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,240 – $64,7401,600
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$39,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,600 – $55,2401,630
5Residential Advisors$36,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $62,7301,380
6Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$36,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $62,3905,060
7Recreation Workers$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $46,8305,380
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$32,350
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $36,5703,010
9Tour and Travel Guides$31,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,470 – $48,1201,360
10Animal Caretakers$31,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $44,9305,820
11Childcare Workers$30,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $41,60012,430
12Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$30,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,600 – $58,5305,430
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,790
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $37,4708,080
14Gambling Dealers$28,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $64,0101,160

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

#	Occupation	MedianMissouri	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,530	$34,420 – $70,630	1,190
2	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,200	$29,790 – $81,710	1,390
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,720	$35,240 – $64,740	1,600
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,100	$28,600 – $55,240	1,630
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,510	$28,600 – $62,730	1,380
6	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,450	$28,600 – $62,390	5,060
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$28,600 – $46,830	5,380
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$32,350	$28,600 – $36,570	3,010
9	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,980	$29,470 – $48,120	1,360
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,230	$28,600 – $44,930	5,820
11	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,790	$28,600 – $41,600	12,430
12	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$30,750	$28,600 – $58,530	5,430
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,790	$28,600 – $37,470	8,080
14	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,600	$28,600 – $64,010	1,160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Missouri. 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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Without a degree

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

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