High paying personal care jobs in North Carolina

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in North Carolina. 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 North Carolina run 5.7% below the national average (2024), so a North Carolina 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 North Carolina.

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

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OccupationMedian, North Carolina · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$49,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,900 – $79,3303,590
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,910 – $74,21010,670
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$45,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,720 – $66,1703,510
4Residential Advisors$39,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,420 – $61,0602,840
5Skincare Specialists$39,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,570 – $96,6602,680
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$38,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$26,880 – $61,5308,490
7Funeral Attendants$34,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,480 – $47,1901,610
8Manicurists and Pedicurists$34,740
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,150 – $73,2601,900
9Recreation Workers$32,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,060 – $50,8109,520
10Tour and Travel Guides$32,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,660 – $47,0201,650
11Animal Caretakers$30,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,210 – $46,1209,730
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$30,260
No formal educational credential
$22,320 – $33,8005,390
13Childcare Workers$29,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,840 – $40,99012,550
14Amusement and Recreation Attendants$26,680
No formal educational credential
$18,130 – $37,38014,120

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

#	Occupation	MedianNorth Carolina	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,040	$33,900 – $79,330	3,590
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$24,910 – $74,210	10,670
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,400	$31,720 – $66,170	3,510
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,130	$27,420 – $61,060	2,840
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,120	$25,570 – $96,660	2,680
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,410	$26,880 – $61,530	8,490
7	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,940	$24,480 – $47,190	1,610
8	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,740	$22,150 – $73,260	1,900
9	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,720	$22,060 – $50,810	9,520
10	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,570	$22,660 – $47,020	1,650
11	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,870	$23,210 – $46,120	9,730
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$30,260	$22,320 – $33,800	5,390
13	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,140	$22,840 – $40,990	12,550
14	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$26,680	$18,130 – $37,380	14,120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in North Carolina. 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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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in North Carolina to rank honestly.

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