High paying personal care jobs in Johnson City, TN with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in Johnson City, TN 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 Johnson City, TN run 12.1% below the national average (2024), so a Johnson City, TN salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Johnson City, TN · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$38,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,390 – $65,82050
2Residential Advisors$37,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,140 – $41,30070
3Manicurists and Pedicurists$33,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$19,880 – $47,73030
4Skincare Specialists$33,660
Postsecondary nondegree award
$17,210 – $64,94040
5Recreation Workers$30,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,620 – $42,16080
6Childcare Workers$29,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,940 – $41,600330
7Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$28,980
Postsecondary nondegree award
$22,850 – $44,200180
8Animal Caretakers$28,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,580 – $41,630180
9Funeral Attendants$28,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,630 – $35,81050
10Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other$24,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,820 – $29,89090

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

#	Occupation	MedianJohnson City, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,880	$23,390 – $65,820	50
2	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,750	$27,140 – $41,300	70
3	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$33,690	$19,880 – $47,730	30
4	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$33,660	$17,210 – $64,940	40
5	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,070	$22,620 – $42,160	80
6	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,030	$21,940 – $41,600	330
7	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$28,980	$22,850 – $44,200	180
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,430	$22,580 – $41,630	180
9	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,250	$23,630 – $35,810	50
10	Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,580	$22,820 – $29,890	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Johnson City, TN. 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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