High paying personal care jobs in Rapid City, SD

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Rapid City, SD. 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 Rapid City, SD run 10.8% below the national average (2024), so a Rapid City, SD 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.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Rapid City, SD · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$50,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,340 – $61,89070
2Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$48,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$24,010 – $61,900170
3Manicurists and Pedicurists$47,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,780 – $54,11060
4First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $65,19040
5Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$46,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,390 – $57,200110
6Recreation Workers$39,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,290 – $66,480100
7Skincare Specialists$38,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$24,020 – $54,85030
8Tour and Travel Guides$35,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,270 – $45,590120
9Animal Caretakers$32,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,020 – $44,110270
10Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$30,410
No formal educational credential
$27,090 – $40,05030
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,740
No formal educational credential
$26,610 – $35,440360
12Childcare Workers$28,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,550 – $40,720300

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

#	Occupation	MedianRapid City, SD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,990	$41,340 – $61,890	70
2	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,440	$24,010 – $61,900	170
3	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,600	$34,780 – $54,110	60
4	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,790	$37,340 – $65,190	40
5	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,530	$30,390 – $57,200	110
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,850	$28,290 – $66,480	100
7	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,580	$24,020 – $54,850	30
8	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,490	$29,270 – $45,590	120
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,090	$28,020 – $44,110	270
10	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$30,410	$27,090 – $40,050	30
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,740	$26,610 – $35,440	360
12	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,330	$26,550 – $40,720	300

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Rapid City, SD. 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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