High paying personal care jobs in Nebraska

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Nebraska. 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 Nebraska run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Nebraska 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Nebraska.

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

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OccupationMedian, Nebraska · Employed

1Skincare Specialists$58,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,300 – $122,250550
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $66,370840
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$44,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,790 – $66,430620
4Recreation Workers$34,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $46,5001,510
5Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$34,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,080 – $73,7401,890
6Animal Caretakers$31,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $52,0102,100
7Tour and Travel Guides$31,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $46,020340
8Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$31,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $53,4802,410
9Childcare Workers$30,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,130 – $36,6609,390
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$30,110
No formal educational credential
$28,080 – $38,9702,620
11Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners$29,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $36,300360
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$28,260
No formal educational credential
$28,080 – $37,110510

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

#	Occupation	MedianNebraska	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,420	$44,300 – $122,250	550
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$36,400 – $66,370	840
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,910	$32,790 – $66,430	620
4	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,590	$28,520 – $46,500	1,510
5	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,320	$28,080 – $73,740	1,890
6	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,680	$28,080 – $52,010	2,100
7	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,580	$28,080 – $46,020	340
8	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,440	$28,080 – $53,480	2,410
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,740	$28,130 – $36,660	9,390
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$30,110	$28,080 – $38,970	2,620
11	Gambling and Sports Book Writers and RunnersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,670	$28,080 – $36,300	360
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$28,260	$28,080 – $37,110	510

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

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