High paying personal care jobs in Oklahoma

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Oklahoma. 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 Oklahoma run 12.2% below the national average (2024), so a Oklahoma salary is worth about 1.14× 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 Oklahoma.

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

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OccupationMedian, Oklahoma · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers$58,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,780 – $75,4301,160
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$44,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,910 – $61,8602,300
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$40,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,250 – $66,970740
4First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$37,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,810 – $71,6201,470
5Skincare Specialists$37,340
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,140 – $77,020680
6Residential Advisors$35,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,690 – $46,1501,060
7Recreation Workers$31,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,330 – $47,3902,380
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$18,980 – $60,3901,920
9Animal Caretakers$28,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,320 – $43,8803,170
10Childcare Workers$27,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,040 – $38,5807,590
11Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$26,260
No formal educational credential
$21,370 – $34,1001,450
12Gambling Dealers$23,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,450 – $30,0101,980
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$22,040
No formal educational credential
$17,670 – $32,5602,430

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

#	Occupation	MedianOklahoma	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,900	$34,780 – $75,430	1,160
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,520	$21,910 – $61,860	2,300
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,110	$28,250 – $66,970	740
4	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,390	$27,810 – $71,620	1,470
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,340	$22,140 – $77,020	680
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,390	$22,690 – $46,150	1,060
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,580	$21,330 – $47,390	2,380
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,650	$18,980 – $60,390	1,920
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,940	$21,320 – $43,880	3,170
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,730	$22,040 – $38,580	7,590
11	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$26,260	$21,370 – $34,100	1,450
12	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,720	$16,450 – $30,010	1,980
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$22,040	$17,670 – $32,560	2,430

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Oklahoma. 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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Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Oklahoma to rank honestly.

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