High paying personal care jobs in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, 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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA run 8.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA salary is worth about 0.92× 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, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$59,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $91,320620
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$57,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,650 – $91,150160
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$55,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,890 – $81,990130
4Residential Advisors$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $65,370130
5Concierges$44,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,200 – $57,18080
6Tour and Travel Guides$43,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $79,960120
7Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$43,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $54,84080
8Recreation Workers$38,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $67,840430
9Childcare Workers$38,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,410 – $51,450790
10Animal Caretakers$37,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $50,370380
11Skincare Specialists$37,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,820 – $74,91080
12Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$36,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,830 – $60,930240
13Manicurists and Pedicurists$36,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,960 – $49,570230
14Baggage Porters and Bellhops$35,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $44,90070
15Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$35,210
No formal educational credential
$34,750 – $41,460160
16Amusement and Recreation Attendants$35,130
No formal educational credential
$34,560 – $38,830750

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,300	$34,980 – $91,320	620
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,140	$39,650 – $91,150	160
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,710	$40,890 – $81,990	130
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$40,260 – $65,370	130
5	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,840	$37,200 – $57,180	80
6	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,670	$34,900 – $79,960	120
7	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,160	$34,320 – $54,840	80
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,870	$35,090 – $67,840	430
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,390	$35,410 – $51,450	790
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,970	$35,460 – $50,370	380
11	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,430	$34,820 – $74,910	80
12	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,760	$34,830 – $60,930	240
13	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,230	$34,960 – $49,570	230
14	Baggage Porters and BellhopsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,820	$34,320 – $44,900	70
15	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$35,210	$34,750 – $41,460	160
16	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,130	$34,560 – $38,830	750

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, 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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