High paying personal care jobs in Fairbanks-College, AK with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Fairbanks-College, AK 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 Fairbanks-College, AK run 3.2% above the national average (2024), so a Fairbanks-College, AK salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Fairbanks-College, AK · Employed

1Recreation Workers$61,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $96,37050
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$59,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,610 – $82,55030
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$54,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,580 – $83,75050
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$47,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,410 – $78,72040
5Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$42,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,000 – $56,38090
6Gambling Service Workers, All Other$41,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,770 – $55,73060
7Amusement and Recreation Attendants$41,390
No formal educational credential
$29,240 – $58,48040
8Tour and Travel Guides$38,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,110 – $55,930140
9Animal Caretakers$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,090 – $61,09080
10Childcare Workers$36,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,840 – $52,140100
11Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$36,610
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,900 – $56,15050

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

#	Occupation	MedianFairbanks-College, AK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,040	$37,330 – $96,370	50
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,240	$32,610 – $82,550	30
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,850	$39,580 – $83,750	50
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,990	$28,410 – $78,720	40
5	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,950	$26,000 – $56,380	90
6	Gambling Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,750	$24,770 – $55,730	60
7	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$41,390	$29,240 – $58,480	40
8	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,730	$29,110 – $55,930	140
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$28,090 – $61,090	80
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,750	$29,840 – $52,140	100
11	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,610	$30,900 – $56,150	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fairbanks-College, AK. 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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