High paying personal care jobs in New Haven, CT with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in New Haven, CT 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 Haven, CT run 4.6% above the national average (2024), so a New Haven, CT 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.

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, New Haven, CT · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$72,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $98,470420
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$58,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $109,990240
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$48,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $74,250250
4Skincare Specialists$47,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,010 – $87,240100
5Residential Advisors$43,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $59,910300
6Animal Caretakers$36,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $61,190330
7Childcare Workers$36,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $44,6101,960
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$36,480
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,010 – $71,950570
9Recreation Workers$36,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $51,500670
10Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$36,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $51,330130
11Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$35,020
No formal educational credential
$34,750 – $37,840200
12Manicurists and Pedicurists$34,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,010 – $37,510650
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$34,540
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $46,970290

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Haven, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,800	$34,200 – $98,470	420
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,320	$40,630 – $109,990	240
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,670	$36,900 – $74,250	250
4	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,960	$34,010 – $87,240	100
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,620	$39,430 – $59,910	300
6	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,790	$35,570 – $61,190	330
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,550	$35,260 – $44,610	1,960
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,480	$34,010 – $71,950	570
9	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,470	$34,010 – $51,500	670
10	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,090	$34,010 – $51,330	130
11	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$35,020	$34,750 – $37,840	200
12	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,760	$34,010 – $37,510	650
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$34,540	$34,010 – $46,970	290

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