High paying personal care jobs in Richmond, VA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Richmond, VA. 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 Richmond, VA run 2.1% below the national average (2024), so a Richmond, VA salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Richmond, VA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$50,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,870 – $73,330450
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,060 – $74,850540
3Residential Advisors$39,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $57,480390
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$39,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,380 – $72,6802,000
5Tour and Travel Guides$37,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,670 – $46,350220
6Manicurists and Pedicurists$36,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,350 – $56,460740
7Concierges$35,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,520 – $40,390310
8Skincare Specialists$35,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,470 – $67,520330
9Funeral Attendants$35,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,000 – $45,220230
10Recreation Workers$34,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,330 – $52,9201,320
11Animal Caretakers$33,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,150 – $46,7701,540
12Childcare Workers$33,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,270 – $37,1402,610
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,250
No formal educational credential
$25,810 – $37,7901,700
14Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$28,860
No formal educational credential
$25,810 – $29,390580

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

#	Occupation	MedianRichmond, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,060	$36,870 – $73,330	450
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,960	$34,060 – $74,850	540
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,770	$34,510 – $57,480	390
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,110	$28,380 – $72,680	2,000
5	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,350	$27,670 – $46,350	220
6	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,610	$29,350 – $56,460	740
7	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,470	$30,520 – $40,390	310
8	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,370	$30,470 – $67,520	330
9	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,030	$29,000 – $45,220	230
10	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,700	$26,330 – $52,920	1,320
11	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,710	$28,150 – $46,770	1,540
12	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,570	$28,270 – $37,140	2,610
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,250	$25,810 – $37,790	1,700
14	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$28,860	$25,810 – $29,390	580

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Richmond, VA. 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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