High paying personal care jobs in Roanoke, VA with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Roanoke, VA 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 Roanoke, VA run 6.4% below the national average (2024), so a Roanoke, VA salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Roanoke, VA · Employed

1Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers$56,370
Associate's degree
$30,400 – $72,54080
2First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,640 – $67,410120
3First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$42,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,510 – $62,45090
4Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$38,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,000 – $49,130480
5Residential Advisors$37,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,600 – $55,02090
6Recreation Workers$33,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,260 – $46,430540
7Concierges$33,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,010 – $39,48070
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$32,720
No formal educational credential
$26,250 – $34,350100
9Animal Caretakers$30,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,510 – $42,780350
10Childcare Workers$29,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,820 – $35,130530
11Funeral Attendants$28,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,880 – $39,360180
12Amusement and Recreation Attendants$28,350
No formal educational credential
$25,810 – $37,680290
13Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$27,750
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,810 – $48,550340

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

#	Occupation	MedianRoanoke, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral ArrangersAssociate's degree	$56,370	$30,400 – $72,540	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$34,640 – $67,410	120
3	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,610	$31,510 – $62,450	90
4	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,650	$27,000 – $49,130	480
5	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,320	$31,600 – $55,020	90
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,210	$28,260 – $46,430	540
7	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,190	$30,010 – $39,480	70
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$32,720	$26,250 – $34,350	100
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,060	$26,510 – $42,780	350
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,100	$26,820 – $35,130	530
11	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,410	$27,880 – $39,360	180
12	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$28,350	$25,810 – $37,680	290
13	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$27,750	$25,810 – $48,550	340

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Roanoke, VA. 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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