High paying personal care jobs in North Dakota

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in North Dakota. 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 Dakota run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a North Dakota salary is worth about 1.12× 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 Dakota.

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

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OccupationMedian, North Dakota · Employed

1Skincare Specialists$58,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,710 – $89,270190
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$50,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $63,200360
3First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers$49,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,110 – $68,420220
4Residential Advisors$48,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $62,850260
5First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $62,350160
6Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$37,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,140 – $60,070680
7Recreation Workers$37,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,250 – $54,000730
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$34,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$24,130 – $77,800870
9Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$34,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,610 – $44,470170
10Animal Caretakers$34,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,960 – $62,170770
11Manicurists and Pedicurists$33,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,560 – $76,120270
12Childcare Workers$30,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,310 – $37,0704,030
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$28,070
No formal educational credential
$23,950 – $36,0301,430
14Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$27,840
No formal educational credential
$20,290 – $37,190200
15Gambling Dealers$27,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,960 – $50,430900

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

#	Occupation	MedianNorth Dakota	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,160	$35,710 – $89,270	190
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,390	$38,080 – $63,200	360
3	First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,900	$29,110 – $68,420	220
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,590	$35,900 – $62,850	260
5	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$27,040 – $62,350	160
6	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,760	$30,140 – $60,070	680
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,310	$22,250 – $54,000	730
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,850	$24,130 – $77,800	870
9	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,430	$29,610 – $44,470	170
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,040	$29,960 – $62,170	770
11	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$33,430	$30,560 – $76,120	270
12	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,290	$23,310 – $37,070	4,030
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$28,070	$23,950 – $36,030	1,430
14	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$27,840	$20,290 – $37,190	200
15	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,370	$16,960 – $50,430	900

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

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