High paying personal care jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$36,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,130 – $57,15070
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$36,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,610 – $52,330160
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$31,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,760 – $49,53080
4Residential Advisors$30,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,940 – $43,210240
5Funeral Attendants$30,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,510 – $40,21070
6Recreation Workers$30,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,070 – $48,770200
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,880 – $58,250140
8Animal Caretakers$28,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,150 – $44,160180
9Childcare Workers$25,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,860 – $30,000540
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$24,680
No formal educational credential
$19,270 – $28,290190
11Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$22,740
No formal educational credential
$18,760 – $27,510130

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

#	Occupation	MedianHuntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,450	$24,130 – $57,150	70
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,070	$21,610 – $52,330	160
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,990	$19,760 – $49,530	80
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,720	$21,940 – $43,210	240
5	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,290	$22,510 – $40,210	70
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,240	$22,070 – $48,770	200
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,580	$21,880 – $58,250	140
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,060	$21,150 – $44,160	180
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,360	$21,860 – $30,000	540
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$24,680	$19,270 – $28,290	190
11	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$22,740	$18,760 – $27,510	130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. 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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