High paying personal care jobs in Wichita, KS

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Wichita, 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 Wichita, KS run 11.1% below the national average (2024), so a Wichita, KS salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Wichita, KS · Employed

1Residential Advisors$47,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,150 – $65,430100
2Skincare Specialists$43,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,990 – $56,160130
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$42,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,190 – $68,340230
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$36,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,320 – $55,5301,040
5Manicurists and Pedicurists$30,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,050 – $43,860460
6Animal Caretakers$30,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,340 – $54,410850
7Recreation Workers$29,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,160 – $39,870690
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$28,340
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,570 – $77,640460
9Childcare Workers$28,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,860 – $35,5601,490
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$22,500
No formal educational credential
$19,760 – $35,090640

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

#	Occupation	MedianWichita, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,770	$27,150 – $65,430	100
2	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,880	$30,990 – $56,160	130
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,740	$32,190 – $68,340	230
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,330	$23,320 – $55,530	1,040
5	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$30,750	$21,050 – $43,860	460
6	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,000	$22,340 – $54,410	850
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,170	$23,160 – $39,870	690
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$28,340	$21,570 – $77,640	460
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,210	$21,860 – $35,560	1,490
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$22,500	$19,760 – $35,090	640

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