High paying personal care jobs in Virginia

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Virginia. 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 run 1.1% above the national average (2024), so a Virginia salary is worth about 0.99× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Virginia.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Virginia · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$48,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $79,7702,950
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$47,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,340 – $79,1603,060
3Residential Advisors$42,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,220 – $66,4702,950
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$40,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,560 – $74,51012,100
5Skincare Specialists$39,350
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,530 – $67,5201,970
6Concierges$38,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,010 – $45,3002,170
7Manicurists and Pedicurists$36,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,370 – $59,4304,230
8Recreation Workers$36,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,390 – $53,8009,260
9Funeral Attendants$35,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,910 – $44,7201,450
10Animal Caretakers$34,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,050 – $46,18010,070
11Childcare Workers$34,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,150 – $44,10013,930
12Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$33,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,330 – $44,8601,570
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$30,910
No formal educational credential
$25,900 – $44,8309,390
14Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$28,580
No formal educational credential
$26,720 – $34,1403,130

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

#	Occupation	MedianVirginia	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,990	$35,920 – $79,770	2,950
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,410	$34,340 – $79,160	3,060
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,890	$34,220 – $66,470	2,950
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,820	$26,560 – $74,510	12,100
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,350	$31,530 – $67,520	1,970
6	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,050	$31,010 – $45,300	2,170
7	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,630	$29,370 – $59,430	4,230
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,120	$27,390 – $53,800	9,260
9	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,010	$27,910 – $44,720	1,450
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,380	$28,050 – $46,180	10,070
11	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,330	$28,150 – $44,100	13,930
12	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,910	$26,330 – $44,860	1,570
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$30,910	$25,900 – $44,830	9,390
14	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$28,580	$26,720 – $34,140	3,130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Virginia. 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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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Virginia to rank honestly.

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