High paying personal care jobs in New Hampshire

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire run 4.2% above the national average (2024), so a New Hampshire salary is worth about 0.96× 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 New Hampshire.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Hampshire · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$52,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $74,920750
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$50,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $77,270670
3Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$49,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $82,6001,500
4Residential Advisors$49,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $69,990420
5Skincare Specialists$46,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,560 – $83,200430
6Tour and Travel Guides$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,010 – $61,790260
7Childcare Workers$37,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,850 – $44,5002,820
8Recreation Workers$37,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $51,2402,030
9Manicurists and Pedicurists$35,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,410 – $56,900490
10Animal Caretakers$34,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,830 – $51,0401,810
11Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$34,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,720 – $58,2101,950
12Gambling Dealers$32,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,960 – $109,800460
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$31,210
No formal educational credential
$22,580 – $42,8701,220
14Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$30,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,410 – $44,680330

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Hampshire	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,580	$33,800 – $74,920	750
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,580	$37,980 – $77,270	670
3	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,360	$30,750 – $82,600	1,500
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,010	$32,940 – $69,990	420
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,890	$27,560 – $83,200	430
6	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$30,010 – $61,790	260
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,080	$27,850 – $44,500	2,820
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,040	$27,040 – $51,240	2,030
9	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,100	$29,410 – $56,900	490
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,790	$27,830 – $51,040	1,810
11	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,650	$25,720 – $58,210	1,950
12	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,100	$16,960 – $109,800	460
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,210	$22,580 – $42,870	1,220
14	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,010	$26,410 – $44,680	330

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