High paying personal care jobs in Lynchburg, VA with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Lynchburg, VA 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 Lynchburg, VA run 10.6% below the national average (2024), so a Lynchburg, VA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Lynchburg, VA · Employed

1Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers$59,870
Associate's degree
$34,300 – $74,78040
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $72,16060
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$41,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $53,49050
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$36,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $59,580260
5Residential Advisors$34,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,580 – $58,81070
6Tour and Travel Guides$33,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,810 – $48,38040
7Childcare Workers$29,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,950 – $35,560280
8Animal Caretakers$28,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,810 – $40,590220
9Funeral Attendants$28,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,160 – $36,330100
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$27,430
No formal educational credential
$25,810 – $35,900130

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

#	Occupation	MedianLynchburg, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral ArrangersAssociate's degree	$59,870	$34,300 – $74,780	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,630	$30,910 – $72,160	60
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,930	$30,160 – $53,490	50
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,460	$25,810 – $59,580	260
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,660	$31,580 – $58,810	70
6	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,120	$25,810 – $48,380	40
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,500	$25,950 – $35,560	280
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,800	$26,810 – $40,590	220
9	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,300	$26,160 – $36,330	100
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$27,430	$25,810 – $35,900	130

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