High paying personal care jobs in Vermont with no degree

The best paid personal care occupations in Vermont 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 Vermont run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Vermont 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. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Vermont.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Vermont · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$58,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,580 – $68,610200
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$57,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,210 – $98,730710
3First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$51,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,990 – $69,990310
4Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$48,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,960 – $80,530440
5Tour and Travel Guides$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,070 – $65,250140
6Residential Advisors$44,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $58,820170
7Recreation Workers$37,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,130 – $51,310840
8Animal Caretakers$36,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,990 – $47,360430
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$35,290
No formal educational credential
$30,670 – $44,680800
10Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$34,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,880 – $42,870170

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

#	Occupation	MedianVermont	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,490	$38,580 – $68,610	200
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,300	$34,210 – $98,730	710
3	First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling ServicesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,510	$39,990 – $69,990	310
4	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,650	$30,960 – $80,530	440
5	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$40,070 – $65,250	140
6	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,710	$35,090 – $58,820	170
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,450	$32,130 – $51,310	840
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,090	$31,990 – $47,360	430
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,290	$30,670 – $44,680	800
10	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,650	$30,880 – $42,870	170

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