High paying personal care jobs in Grand Junction, CO with no degree
The best paid personal care occupations in Grand Junction, CO 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 Grand Junction, CO run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Grand Junction, CO 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
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,880 – $72,83060Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,800 – $144,17050High school diploma or equivalent
$35,060 – $71,56060High school diploma or equivalent
$34,120 – $45,70050High school diploma or equivalent
$34,180 – $58,08030High school diploma or equivalent
$31,090 – $95,330160High school diploma or equivalent
$30,860 – $60,54030Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,800 – $75,230170Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,800 – $45,60040High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $43,480220High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $50,720190High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $47,980150No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $40,840180
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianGrand Junction, CO | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $53,370 | $32,880 – $72,830 | 60 |
| 2 | Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $48,880 | $30,800 – $144,170 | 50 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $48,270 | $35,060 – $71,560 | 60 |
| 4 | Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $42,050 | $34,120 – $45,700 | 50 |
| 5 | Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $41,910 | $34,180 – $58,080 | 30 |
| 6 | Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $39,770 | $31,090 – $95,330 | 160 |
| 7 | Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent | $39,770 | $30,860 – $60,540 | 30 |
| 8 | Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $36,500 | $30,800 – $75,230 | 170 |
| 9 | Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award | $35,750 | $30,800 – $45,600 | 40 |
| 10 | Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $35,390 | $30,800 – $43,480 | 220 |
| 11 | Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $34,350 | $30,800 – $50,720 | 190 |
| 12 | Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $34,270 | $30,800 – $47,980 | 150 |
| 13 | Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential | $31,080 | $30,800 – $40,840 | 180 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Grand Junction, CO. 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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