High paying personal care jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$56,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $83,9801,920
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$51,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,660 – $70,8402,140
3Gambling Dealers$39,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,800 – $94,7802,710
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$37,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,120 – $61,0401,290
5Concierges$35,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,910 – $63,9902,140
6Recreation Workers$35,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,410 – $49,8605,610
7Animal Caretakers$35,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,520 – $59,4003,820
8Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$34,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,480 – $56,1901,690
9Childcare Workers$34,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $44,4006,150
10Baggage Porters and Bellhops$31,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,180 – $44,2202,230
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$31,410
No formal educational credential
$28,230 – $44,3207,420
12Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$31,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,380 – $62,9305,470
13Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,790
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,160 – $54,8504,910
14Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$29,750
No formal educational credential
$28,210 – $35,7203,150

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,660	$37,410 – $83,980	1,920
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,590	$34,660 – $70,840	2,140
3	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,970	$27,800 – $94,780	2,710
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,690	$29,120 – $61,040	1,290
5	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,870	$32,910 – $63,990	2,140
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,460	$29,410 – $49,860	5,610
7	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,160	$29,520 – $59,400	3,820
8	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,830	$27,480 – $56,190	1,690
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,750	$28,600 – $44,400	6,150
10	Baggage Porters and BellhopsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,790	$28,180 – $44,220	2,230
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,410	$28,230 – $44,320	7,420
12	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,140	$27,380 – $62,930	5,470
13	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,790	$28,160 – $54,850	4,910
14	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$29,750	$28,210 – $35,720	3,150

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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