High paying personal care jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA run 10.4% above the national average (2024), so a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA salary is worth about 0.91× 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$64,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,790 – $83,350420
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$62,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,870 – $109,0502,740
3Tour and Travel Guides$59,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,870 – $68,110640
4Recreation Workers$57,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,050 – $61,5202,620
5First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$57,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,610 – $92,140610
6Gambling Dealers$52,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $86,210800
7Childcare Workers$45,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $62,6703,090
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$44,760
No formal educational credential
$39,270 – $48,320960
9Animal Caretakers$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,670 – $61,7401,090
10Skincare Specialists$43,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,370 – $80,530500
11Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$43,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,990 – $60,2802,030
12Manicurists and Pedicurists$43,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,320 – $58,2202,180
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$42,850
No formal educational credential
$38,240 – $48,7302,860

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,490	$47,790 – $83,350	420
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,010	$42,870 – $109,050	2,740
3	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,330	$47,870 – $68,110	640
4	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,580	$40,050 – $61,520	2,620
5	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,040	$45,610 – $92,140	610
6	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,060	$38,480 – $86,210	800
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,720	$37,780 – $62,670	3,090
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$44,760	$39,270 – $48,320	960
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$39,670 – $61,740	1,090
10	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,420	$40,370 – $80,530	500
11	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,410	$37,990 – $60,280	2,030
12	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,070	$38,320 – $58,220	2,180
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$42,850	$38,240 – $48,730	2,860

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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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