High paying personal care jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Employed

1Skincare Specialists$54,500
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,950 – $98,180880
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$50,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,490 – $93,8306,020
3Childcare Workers$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $49,3007,870
4Tour and Travel Guides$43,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,130 – $52,820860
5Recreation Workers$39,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $50,8203,110
6Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$38,380
No formal educational credential
$37,060 – $39,1102,460
7Animal Caretakers$37,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,580 – $55,3003,560
8Manicurists and Pedicurists$37,390
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,070 – $65,4502,700
9Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$36,530
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,300 – $100,3404,150
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$36,240
No formal educational credential
$31,450 – $45,8705,330
11Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$35,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,720 – $59,200670
12Gambling Dealers$30,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,800 – $81,640660

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

#	Occupation	MedianDenver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,500	$31,950 – $98,180	880
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,580	$35,490 – $93,830	6,020
3	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$35,860 – $49,300	7,870
4	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,370	$33,130 – $52,820	860
5	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,640	$31,680 – $50,820	3,110
6	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$38,380	$37,060 – $39,110	2,460
7	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,640	$35,580 – $55,300	3,560
8	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,390	$32,070 – $65,450	2,700
9	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,530	$34,300 – $100,340	4,150
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$36,240	$31,450 – $45,870	5,330
11	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,590	$32,720 – $59,200	670
12	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,800	$30,800 – $81,640	660

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. 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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