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

The best paid personal care occupations in Rochester, NY 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, NY run 3.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rochester, NY salary is worth about 1.03× 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, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$54,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $74,550470
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$49,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $83,9401,160
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $69,230170
4Residential Advisors$44,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $63,390320
5Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$36,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $73,620730
6Recreation Workers$35,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $46,3001,400
7Childcare Workers$35,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $39,5402,410
8Skincare Specialists$34,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $72,950160
9Animal Caretakers$34,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $45,270730
10Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$33,250
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $34,840320
11Manicurists and Pedicurists$32,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $33,610540
12Amusement and Recreation Attendants$32,250
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $41,9701,000

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

#	Occupation	MedianRochester, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,060	$35,940 – $74,550	470
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,330	$32,240 – $83,940	1,160
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,500	$37,160 – $69,230	170
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,200	$35,950 – $63,390	320
5	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,830	$32,240 – $73,620	730
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,840	$32,240 – $46,300	1,400
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,090	$32,240 – $39,540	2,410
8	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,960	$32,240 – $72,950	160
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,950	$32,240 – $45,270	730
10	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$33,250	$32,240 – $34,840	320
11	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$32,760	$32,240 – $33,610	540
12	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$32,250	$32,240 – $41,970	1,000

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