High paying personal care jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in St. Louis, MO-IL 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 St. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× 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, St. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $77,350600
2First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$45,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $67,670660
3Skincare Specialists$45,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,010 – $87,360620
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$40,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,600 – $54,520580
5Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$36,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $63,7403,200
6Residential Advisors$36,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $62,570620
7Recreation Workers$33,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,150 – $46,7002,740
8Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$33,350
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,950 – $63,6502,830
9Childcare Workers$33,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,370 – $43,2305,710
10Tour and Travel Guides$31,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,680 – $42,720950
11Animal Caretakers$31,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $46,7303,100
12Amusement and Recreation Attendants$31,200
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $43,6203,170
13Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$31,200
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $40,450960
14Gambling Dealers$28,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $54,990680

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$35,700 – $77,350	600
2	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,940	$35,620 – $67,670	660
3	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,590	$30,010 – $87,360	620
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,840	$28,600 – $54,520	580
5	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,500	$28,600 – $63,740	3,200
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,450	$28,600 – $62,570	620
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,750	$29,150 – $46,700	2,740
8	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$33,350	$28,950 – $63,650	2,830
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,320	$29,370 – $43,230	5,710
10	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,980	$29,680 – $42,720	950
11	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,530	$28,600 – $46,730	3,100
12	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$28,600 – $43,620	3,170
13	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$28,600 – $40,450	960
14	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,600	$28,600 – $54,990	680

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Louis, MO-IL. 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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