High paying personal care jobs in Winston-Salem, NC

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$49,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,230 – $71,190180
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$39,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $64,750210
3Residential Advisors$39,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,150 – $51,390220
4Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$38,980
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,990 – $57,370550
5Skincare Specialists$38,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,380 – $85,650150
6Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$38,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,710 – $64,300530
7Funeral Attendants$34,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,080 – $42,720110
8Recreation Workers$32,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,800 – $47,250510
9Animal Caretakers$30,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,420 – $47,130430
10Childcare Workers$30,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,910 – $40,550820
11Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$30,000
No formal educational credential
$21,870 – $33,310430
12Amusement and Recreation Attendants$27,930
No formal educational credential
$18,200 – $38,060600

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,120	$33,230 – $71,190	180
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,770	$35,130 – $64,750	210
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,260	$29,150 – $51,390	220
4	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,980	$23,990 – $57,370	550
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,150	$25,380 – $85,650	150
6	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,080	$23,710 – $64,300	530
7	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,310	$27,080 – $42,720	110
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,920	$20,800 – $47,250	510
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,340	$22,420 – $47,130	430
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,060	$21,910 – $40,550	820
11	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$30,000	$21,870 – $33,310	430
12	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$27,930	$18,200 – $38,060	600

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