High paying personal care jobs in Montana

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Montana. 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 Montana run 5.4% below the national average (2024), so a Montana salary is worth about 1.06× 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 Montana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Montana · Employed

1Skincare Specialists$58,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,130 – $96,780280
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$48,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $69,790360
3First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers$48,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $69,640860
4First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $84,610500
5Residential Advisors$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,460 – $58,950350
6Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$43,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,510 – $75,0201,420
7Tour and Travel Guides$40,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,770 – $59,280680
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$38,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,160 – $75,440690
9Childcare Workers$35,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,770 – $38,7502,190
10Recreation Workers$35,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,070 – $50,020800
11Animal Caretakers$34,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,170 – $49,0801,200
12Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,710
No formal educational credential
$23,300 – $39,3401,890
13Gambling Service Workers, All Other$23,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,350 – $35,100790
14Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners$22,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,940 – $23,6201,050

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

#	Occupation	MedianMontana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,500	$35,130 – $96,780	280
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,320	$37,850 – $69,790	360
3	First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,300	$28,520 – $69,640	860
4	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$31,200 – $84,610	500
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$38,460 – $58,950	350
6	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,940	$29,510 – $75,020	1,420
7	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,100	$23,770 – $59,280	680
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,000	$22,160 – $75,440	690
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,120	$27,770 – $38,750	2,190
10	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,090	$29,070 – $50,020	800
11	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,210	$26,170 – $49,080	1,200
12	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,710	$23,300 – $39,340	1,890
13	Gambling Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,400	$22,350 – $35,100	790
14	Gambling and Sports Book Writers and RunnersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,030	$21,940 – $23,620	1,050

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