High paying personal care jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1Skincare Specialists$47,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,530 – $93,810100
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$44,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,520 – $81,450420
3Residential Advisors$41,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,860 – $65,330630
4Animal Caretakers$29,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,500 – $43,680440
5Recreation Workers$29,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,120 – $47,800460
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,430
Postsecondary nondegree award
$20,690 – $75,390350
7Childcare Workers$28,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,020 – $35,8202,000
8Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$26,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$17,720 – $35,490100
9Manicurists and Pedicurists$25,670
Postsecondary nondegree award
$18,020 – $37,580100
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$23,260
No formal educational credential
$17,700 – $35,060530

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

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,730	$22,530 – $93,810	100
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,390	$27,520 – $81,450	420
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,480	$25,860 – $65,330	630
4	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,910	$22,500 – $43,680	440
5	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,860	$21,120 – $47,800	460
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,430	$20,690 – $75,390	350
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,730	$22,020 – $35,820	2,000
8	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,220	$17,720 – $35,490	100
9	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$25,670	$18,020 – $37,580	100
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$23,260	$17,700 – $35,060	530

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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