High paying personal care jobs in New Hampshire with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire run 4.2% above the national average (2024), so a New Hampshire salary is worth about 0.96× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in New Hampshire.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, New Hampshire · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$52,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $74,920750
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$50,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $77,270670
3Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$49,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $82,6001,500
4Residential Advisors$49,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,940 – $69,990420
5Skincare Specialists$46,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,560 – $83,200430
6Tour and Travel Guides$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,010 – $61,790260
7Childcare Workers$37,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,850 – $44,5002,820
8Recreation Workers$37,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $51,2402,030
9Manicurists and Pedicurists$35,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,410 – $56,900490
10Animal Caretakers$34,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,830 – $51,0401,810
11Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$34,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,720 – $58,2101,950
12Gambling Dealers$32,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,960 – $109,800460
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$31,210
No formal educational credential
$22,580 – $42,8701,220
14Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$30,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,410 – $44,680330

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Hampshire	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,580	$33,800 – $74,920	750
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,580	$37,980 – $77,270	670
3	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,360	$30,750 – $82,600	1,500
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,010	$32,940 – $69,990	420
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,890	$27,560 – $83,200	430
6	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$30,010 – $61,790	260
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,080	$27,850 – $44,500	2,820
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,040	$27,040 – $51,240	2,030
9	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,100	$29,410 – $56,900	490
10	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,790	$27,830 – $51,040	1,810
11	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,650	$25,720 – $58,210	1,950
12	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,100	$16,960 – $109,800	460
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,210	$22,580 – $42,870	1,220
14	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,010	$26,410 – $44,680	330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Hampshire. 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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