High paying personal care jobs in Kansas with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in Kansas 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 Kansas run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas salary is worth about 1.11× 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 Kansas.

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

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OccupationMedian, Kansas · Employed

1Residential Advisors$37,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,880 – $60,520510
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$35,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,980 – $61,9004,510
3Recreation Workers$31,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,160 – $45,2502,990
4Manicurists and Pedicurists$30,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,320 – $44,8201,510
5Animal Caretakers$29,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,720 – $49,4503,000
6Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$29,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,910 – $77,7902,190
7Childcare Workers$29,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,810 – $37,2807,430
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$26,690
No formal educational credential
$22,590 – $64,300490
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$26,410
No formal educational credential
$20,930 – $40,5604,240

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

#	Occupation	MedianKansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,680	$24,880 – $60,520	510
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,900	$23,980 – $61,900	4,510
3	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,760	$22,160 – $45,250	2,990
4	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$30,930	$21,320 – $44,820	1,510
5	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,830	$21,720 – $49,450	3,000
6	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$29,710	$21,910 – $77,790	2,190
7	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,240	$22,810 – $37,280	7,430
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$26,690	$22,590 – $64,300	490
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$26,410	$20,930 – $40,560	4,240

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