High paying personal care jobs in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA run 11.9% above the national average (2024), so a San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA salary is worth about 0.89× 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, San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$56,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $93,7504,810
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$51,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $79,2201,410
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$49,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,490 – $73,7601,100
4Residential Advisors$43,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $65,720780
5Tour and Travel Guides$40,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,500 – $61,870850
6Recreation Workers$40,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,790 – $48,4804,200
7Childcare Workers$39,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,400 – $50,6704,420
8Animal Caretakers$37,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $58,9403,030
9Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$37,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $50,130560
10Skincare Specialists$37,640
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,050 – $77,1601,130
11Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$37,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,500 – $62,1302,870
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$37,220
No formal educational credential
$35,010 – $45,3701,330
13Manicurists and Pedicurists$36,670
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,150 – $55,3604,180
14Amusement and Recreation Attendants$36,510
No formal educational credential
$34,840 – $45,4705,860
15Gambling Dealers$35,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $76,8001,810

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,420	$36,080 – $93,750	4,810
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,910	$38,150 – $79,220	1,410
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,570	$40,490 – $73,760	1,100
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,810	$35,220 – $65,720	780
5	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,450	$36,500 – $61,870	850
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,380	$36,790 – $48,480	4,200
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,800	$35,400 – $50,670	4,420
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,870	$35,990 – $58,940	3,030
9	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,840	$36,440 – $50,130	560
10	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,640	$36,050 – $77,160	1,130
11	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,290	$35,500 – $62,130	2,870
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$37,220	$35,010 – $45,370	1,330
13	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,670	$35,150 – $55,360	4,180
14	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$36,510	$34,840 – $45,470	5,860
15	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,840	$34,320 – $76,800	1,810

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. 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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