High paying personal care jobs in Abilene, TX with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Abilene, TX that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Abilene, TX run 9.6% below the national average (2024), so a Abilene, TX salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Abilene, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$43,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,470 – $50,71040
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$42,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,470 – $63,51060
3Animal Caretakers$35,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,290 – $49,070120
4Residential Advisors$35,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,810 – $45,95070
5Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$34,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,780 – $73,32080
6Recreation Workers$30,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,070 – $45,83080
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$28,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,230 – $58,580110
8Childcare Workers$26,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,130 – $37,330130
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$25,910
No formal educational credential
$18,370 – $32,660120

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

#	Occupation	MedianAbilene, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,010	$35,470 – $50,710	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,340	$29,470 – $63,510	60
3	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,480	$22,290 – $49,070	120
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,420	$30,810 – $45,950	70
5	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,170	$22,780 – $73,320	80
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,120	$19,070 – $45,830	80
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$28,230	$23,230 – $58,580	110
8	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,810	$20,130 – $37,330	130
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$25,910	$18,370 – $32,660	120

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