High paying personal care jobs in Louisiana with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in Louisiana 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 Louisiana run 11.8% below the national average (2024), so a Louisiana salary is worth about 1.13× 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 Louisiana.

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

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OccupationMedian, Louisiana · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,190 – $60,1802,290
2Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$33,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,980 – $52,4001,420
3Gambling Service Workers, All Other$28,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$15,140 – $49,940810
4Recreation Workers$28,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,300 – $45,3202,830
5Manicurists and Pedicurists$28,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$18,190 – $45,8602,210
6Animal Caretakers$27,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,600 – $40,0002,660
7Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$27,750
No formal educational credential
$21,750 – $34,790870
8Baggage Porters and Bellhops$26,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$15,910 – $29,060690
9Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$26,030
Postsecondary nondegree award
$21,590 – $33,9002,720
10Childcare Workers$22,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,650 – $33,6108,000
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$22,680
No formal educational credential
$18,450 – $30,3802,850
12Gambling Dealers$17,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$15,080 – $82,3902,650

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

#	Occupation	MedianLouisiana	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$21,190 – $60,180	2,290
2	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,060	$21,980 – $52,400	1,420
3	Gambling Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,630	$15,140 – $49,940	810
4	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,580	$19,300 – $45,320	2,830
5	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$28,170	$18,190 – $45,860	2,210
6	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,910	$21,600 – $40,000	2,660
7	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$27,750	$21,750 – $34,790	870
8	Baggage Porters and BellhopsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,320	$15,910 – $29,060	690
9	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$26,030	$21,590 – $33,900	2,720
10	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,900	$18,650 – $33,610	8,000
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$22,680	$18,450 – $30,380	2,850
12	Gambling DealersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$17,760	$15,080 – $82,390	2,650

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