High paying personal care jobs in Tallahassee, FL

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Tallahassee, FL. 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 Tallahassee, FL run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Tallahassee, FL salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Tallahassee, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $77,63080
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$45,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $70,10080
3Recreation Workers$33,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,420 – $44,600310
4Residential Advisors$32,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,150 – $58,66090
5Childcare Workers$29,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,340 – $36,330260
6Animal Caretakers$29,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,000 – $45,090270
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,040 – $60,830410
8Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$28,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $72,460400
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$27,270
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $35,920340

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

#	Occupation	MedianTallahassee, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,830	$35,000 – $77,630	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,080	$32,930 – $70,100	80
3	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,710	$28,420 – $44,600	310
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,910	$32,150 – $58,660	90
5	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,840	$27,340 – $36,330	260
6	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,690	$28,000 – $45,090	270
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,010	$27,040 – $60,830	410
8	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,180	$27,040 – $72,460	400
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$27,270	$27,040 – $35,920	340

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