High paying personal care jobs in Yakima, WA

Every personal care occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Yakima, WA. 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 Yakima, WA run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Yakima, WA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Yakima, WA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers$72,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,780 – $93,17030
2Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers$60,130
Associate's degree
$41,020 – $65,64040
3Gambling Dealers$59,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,550 – $122,170190
4First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$58,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,770 – $80,86040
5First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$56,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,990 – $97,89040
6Residential Advisors$51,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $64,91040
7Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $82,400160
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$46,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,650 – $95,560100
9Manicurists and Pedicurists$45,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,880 – $47,37070
10Recreation Workers$38,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $56,190170
11Childcare Workers$36,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $42,100130
12Animal Caretakers$35,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $59,920110
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$34,670
No formal educational credential
$34,650 – $45,900120

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

#	Occupation	MedianYakima, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,660	$45,780 – $93,170	30
2	Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral ArrangersAssociate's degree	$60,130	$41,020 – $65,640	40
3	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,250	$35,550 – $122,170	190
4	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,690	$45,770 – $80,860	40
5	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,600	$41,990 – $97,890	40
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,450	$34,650 – $64,910	40
7	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$36,350 – $82,400	160
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,270	$34,650 – $95,560	100
9	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,330	$37,880 – $47,370	70
10	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,820	$35,030 – $56,190	170
11	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,550	$34,650 – $42,100	130
12	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,650	$34,650 – $59,920	110
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,670	$34,650 – $45,900	120

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