High paying personal care jobs in Waco, TX

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Waco, TX. 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 Waco, TX run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a Waco, TX salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Waco, TX · Employed

1Residential Advisors$55,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,530 – $67,27040
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,110 – $64,20070
3Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$37,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,540 – $73,540120
4First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$37,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,180 – $72,60070
5Recreation Workers$33,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,430 – $51,280150
6Animal Caretakers$31,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,690 – $47,640190
7Tour and Travel Guides$31,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,810 – $52,26040
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,420 – $57,570180
9Childcare Workers$26,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,580 – $36,080280
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$22,560
No formal educational credential
$17,500 – $30,870250

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

#	Occupation	MedianWaco, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,110	$28,530 – $67,270	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,420	$35,110 – $64,200	70
3	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,830	$19,540 – $73,540	120
4	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,500	$27,180 – $72,600	70
5	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,580	$21,430 – $51,280	150
6	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,540	$22,690 – $47,640	190
7	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,080	$21,810 – $52,260	40
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,110	$23,420 – $57,570	180
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,760	$21,580 – $36,080	280
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$22,560	$17,500 – $30,870	250

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