High paying personal care jobs in Dothan, AL with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Dothan, AL 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 Dothan, AL run 16.2% below the national average (2024), so a Dothan, AL salary is worth about 1.19× 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, Dothan, AL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$39,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,630 – $72,680100
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$36,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,150 – $89,01030
3Manicurists and Pedicurists$34,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,590 – $55,75040
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$31,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,390 – $54,37040
5Recreation Workers$28,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,650 – $46,520190
6Residential Advisors$28,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,190 – $34,91060
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$28,150
Postsecondary nondegree award
$20,980 – $50,27090
8Animal Caretakers$26,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,850 – $47,910150
9Childcare Workers$21,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,010 – $28,840140
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$20,800
No formal educational credential
$16,960 – $29,650180

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

#	Occupation	MedianDothan, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,580	$30,630 – $72,680	100
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,300	$28,150 – $89,010	30
3	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,890	$21,590 – $55,750	40
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,620	$20,390 – $54,370	40
5	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,740	$18,650 – $46,520	190
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,160	$20,190 – $34,910	60
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$28,150	$20,980 – $50,270	90
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,730	$21,850 – $47,910	150
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,910	$18,010 – $28,840	140
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$20,800	$16,960 – $29,650	180

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