High paying personal care jobs in Rochester, MN with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Rochester, MN 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 Rochester, MN run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Rochester, MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Rochester, MN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$58,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $83,66040
2Skincare Specialists$57,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,880 – $74,09040
3Residential Advisors$50,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,410 – $60,300140
4First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$48,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,740 – $72,43090
5Manicurists and Pedicurists$45,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,460 – $58,480140
6Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$40,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,690 – $63,900350
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$39,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,880 – $77,700190
8Animal Caretakers$37,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,440 – $57,040250
9Gambling Service Workers, All Other$37,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,140 – $53,58070
10Recreation Workers$37,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,340 – $50,650230
11Childcare Workers$34,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,880 – $39,580650
12Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$32,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,720 – $46,03040
13Amusement and Recreation Attendants$31,200
No formal educational credential
$23,480 – $42,800220

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

#	Occupation	MedianRochester, MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,710	$36,980 – $83,660	40
2	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,420	$23,880 – $74,090	40
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,060	$45,410 – $60,300	140
4	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,240	$37,740 – $72,430	90
5	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,710	$29,460 – $58,480	140
6	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,460	$28,690 – $63,900	350
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,460	$23,880 – $77,700	190
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,850	$29,440 – $57,040	250
9	Gambling Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,510	$27,140 – $53,580	70
10	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,280	$30,340 – $50,650	230
11	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,510	$26,880 – $39,580	650
12	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,690	$25,720 – $46,030	40
13	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$23,480 – $42,800	220

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