High paying personal care jobs in Salem, OR

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Salem, OR. 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 Salem, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Salem, OR salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Salem, OR · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$58,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,210 – $62,720260
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$53,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $97,300390
3Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$50,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,780 – $69,960130
4Skincare Specialists$49,340
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,230 – $106,22090
5Residential Advisors$47,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,730 – $61,42080
6First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$45,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $59,260120
7Manicurists and Pedicurists$44,850
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,270 – $74,430160
8Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,960 – $43,4902,870
9Recreation Workers$37,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,170 – $56,440380
10Childcare Workers$37,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,640 – $45,770430
11Animal Caretakers$36,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,720 – $53,390230
12Amusement and Recreation Attendants$33,760
No formal educational credential
$31,300 – $38,720280
13Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$31,760
No formal educational credential
$31,510 – $34,76080

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

#	Occupation	MedianSalem, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,710	$45,210 – $62,720	260
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,540	$35,860 – $97,300	390
3	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,960	$33,780 – $69,960	130
4	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,340	$31,230 – $106,220	90
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,680	$40,730 – $61,420	80
6	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,890	$37,300 – $59,260	120
7	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,850	$34,270 – $74,430	160
8	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$40,960 – $43,490	2,870
9	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,630	$31,170 – $56,440	380
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,320	$30,640 – $45,770	430
11	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,920	$32,720 – $53,390	230
12	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$33,760	$31,300 – $38,720	280
13	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$31,760	$31,510 – $34,760	80

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