High paying personal care jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC run 2.1% below the national average (2024), so a Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,720 – $79,160630
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$44,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,390 – $71,310570
3Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$38,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,600 – $61,5502,050
4Recreation Workers$37,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,520 – $48,7802,310
5Tour and Travel Guides$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,950 – $44,790320
6Residential Advisors$36,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,880 – $52,840550
7Concierges$36,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,330 – $38,910260
8Manicurists and Pedicurists$35,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,090 – $55,720790
9Skincare Specialists$34,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,290 – $50,300530
10Funeral Attendants$31,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,470 – $37,480290
11Animal Caretakers$30,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,680 – $43,8901,990
12Childcare Workers$29,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,920 – $36,6102,830
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$28,660
No formal educational credential
$25,810 – $38,0502,020
14Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$28,260
No formal educational credential
$26,720 – $28,620940
15Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$27,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,070 – $42,400370

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

#	Occupation	MedianVirginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$33,720 – $79,160	630
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,280	$34,390 – $71,310	570
3	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,610	$27,600 – $61,550	2,050
4	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,050	$26,520 – $48,780	2,310
5	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$26,950 – $44,790	320
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,350	$33,880 – $52,840	550
7	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,050	$27,330 – $38,910	260
8	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,770	$29,090 – $55,720	790
9	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,190	$31,290 – $50,300	530
10	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,240	$28,470 – $37,480	290
11	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,870	$27,680 – $43,890	1,990
12	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,790	$26,920 – $36,610	2,830
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$28,660	$25,810 – $38,050	2,020
14	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$28,260	$26,720 – $28,620	940
15	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,460	$26,070 – $42,400	370

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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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