High paying personal care jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD run 2.6% above the national average (2024), so a Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$51,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $73,0803,730
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$49,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $75,2601,900
3Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$48,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,010 – $76,7907,820
4Skincare Specialists$43,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,990 – $81,6801,460
5Concierges$40,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,120 – $46,8201,130
6Residential Advisors$39,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,300 – $59,3501,820
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$37,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,600 – $64,5309,960
8Recreation Workers$35,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,530 – $55,2305,160
9Animal Caretakers$34,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,670 – $49,3805,480
10Childcare Workers$34,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $40,3507,960
11Tour and Travel Guides$34,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,860 – $56,1601,060
12Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$32,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,180 – $60,0401,160
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$32,220
No formal educational credential
$20,800 – $37,3008,290
14Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$32,220
No formal educational credential
$22,890 – $37,6201,870
15Manicurists and Pedicurists$31,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,300 – $35,6707,320

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

#	Occupation	MedianPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,560	$36,860 – $73,080	3,730
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,830	$36,470 – $75,260	1,900
3	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,040	$29,010 – $76,790	7,820
4	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$43,570	$23,990 – $81,680	1,460
5	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,820	$33,120 – $46,820	1,130
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,990	$32,300 – $59,350	1,820
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,320	$28,600 – $64,530	9,960
8	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,710	$29,530 – $55,230	5,160
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,970	$28,670 – $49,380	5,480
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,520	$28,550 – $40,350	7,960
11	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,290	$27,860 – $56,160	1,060
12	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,720	$24,180 – $60,040	1,160
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$32,220	$20,800 – $37,300	8,290
14	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$32,220	$22,890 – $37,620	1,870
15	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$31,200	$21,300 – $35,670	7,320

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. 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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