High paying personal care jobs in Topeka, KS

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Topeka, KS. 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 Topeka, KS run 11.2% below the national average (2024), so a Topeka, KS salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Topeka, KS · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,560 – $80,030100
2Manicurists and Pedicurists$35,370
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,090 – $52,00060
3Residential Advisors$34,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,310 – $50,42060
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$33,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,230 – $59,020250
5Childcare Workers$32,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,430 – $39,580540
6Recreation Workers$31,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,490 – $46,270190
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,340 – $75,100140
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$26,940
No formal educational credential
$23,470 – $34,95040
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$26,410
No formal educational credential
$19,290 – $37,780210
10Animal Caretakers$25,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,470 – $36,650210

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

#	Occupation	MedianTopeka, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,330	$30,560 – $80,030	100
2	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,370	$28,090 – $52,000	60
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,900	$23,310 – $50,420	60
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,490	$23,230 – $59,020	250
5	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,790	$21,430 – $39,580	540
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,040	$22,490 – $46,270	190
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,160	$22,340 – $75,100	140
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$26,940	$23,470 – $34,950	40
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$26,410	$19,290 – $37,780	210
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,630	$20,470 – $36,650	210

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