High paying personal care jobs in New Mexico with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in New Mexico 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 Mexico run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a New Mexico salary is worth about 1.08× 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 Mexico.

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

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OccupationMedian, New Mexico · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$49,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $75,450580
2Skincare Specialists$47,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,010 – $90,770370
3Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$44,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,620 – $58,4901,030
4Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$37,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,190 – $52,5601,230
5Residential Advisors$37,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,220 – $53,030590
6Tour and Travel Guides$37,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,030 – $62,770360
7Gambling Dealers$36,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,960 – $56,250370
8Childcare Workers$35,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,880 – $42,1904,120
9Animal Caretakers$33,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,980 – $44,0201,710
10Recreation Workers$31,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,510 – $52,960870
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,160
No formal educational credential
$26,450 – $38,6701,700
12Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$28,230
No formal educational credential
$26,900 – $29,510570

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Mexico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,100	$33,800 – $75,450	580
2	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,230	$30,010 – $90,770	370
3	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,680	$26,620 – $58,490	1,030
4	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,750	$27,190 – $52,560	1,230
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,540	$31,220 – $53,030	590
6	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,080	$26,030 – $62,770	360
7	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,990	$24,960 – $56,250	370
8	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,840	$29,880 – $42,190	4,120
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,570	$27,980 – $44,020	1,710
10	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,900	$26,510 – $52,960	870
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,160	$26,450 – $38,670	1,700
12	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$28,230	$26,900 – $29,510	570

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