High paying personal care jobs in Raleigh-Cary, NC with no degree
The best paid personal care occupations in Raleigh-Cary, NC 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 Raleigh-Cary, NC run 1.8% below the national average (2024), so a Raleigh-Cary, NC salary is worth about 1.02× 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
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,040 – $87,010650High school diploma or equivalent
$24,850 – $76,6602,680High school diploma or equivalent
$30,710 – $64,700610Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,300 – $70,5501,810Postsecondary nondegree award
$26,270 – $104,790790High school diploma or equivalent
$27,420 – $55,290270Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,810 – $77,750270High school diploma or equivalent
$24,120 – $41,880250High school diploma or equivalent
$24,350 – $46,0101,650High school diploma or equivalent
$22,560 – $53,3901,600No formal educational credential
$21,800 – $38,0702,420High school diploma or equivalent
$23,430 – $42,8702,070No formal educational credential
$22,110 – $35,440820
Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.
| # | Occupation | MedianRaleigh-Cary, NC | 10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $49,900 | $34,040 – $87,010 | 650 |
| 2 | Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $48,800 | $24,850 – $76,660 | 2,680 |
| 3 | First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $45,290 | $30,710 – $64,700 | 610 |
| 4 | Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $43,700 | $27,300 – $70,550 | 1,810 |
| 5 | Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award | $42,950 | $26,270 – $104,790 | 790 |
| 6 | Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent | $39,340 | $27,420 – $55,290 | 270 |
| 7 | Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award | $36,310 | $21,810 – $77,750 | 270 |
| 8 | Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent | $33,210 | $24,120 – $41,880 | 250 |
| 9 | Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $32,400 | $24,350 – $46,010 | 1,650 |
| 10 | Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $30,160 | $22,560 – $53,390 | 1,600 |
| 11 | Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential | $29,390 | $21,800 – $38,070 | 2,420 |
| 12 | Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent | $28,680 | $23,430 – $42,870 | 2,070 |
| 13 | Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential | $27,940 | $22,110 – $35,440 | 820 |
Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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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