High paying personal care jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ run 12.6% above the national average (2024), so a New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ salary is worth about 0.89× 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, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$53,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,210 – $107,17022,970
2Concierges$51,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $62,6807,630
3Baggage Porters and Bellhops$48,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,210 – $61,8203,500
4Residential Advisors$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,030 – $72,1304,910
5Skincare Specialists$46,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,290 – $77,5504,600
6Recreation Workers$38,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,460 – $54,99021,900
7Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$38,310
No formal educational credential
$34,330 – $45,9607,290
8Animal Caretakers$37,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,230 – $51,79011,430
9Childcare Workers$37,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,360 – $46,97048,780
10Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$36,120
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,480 – $91,78027,660
11Amusement and Recreation Attendants$35,910
No formal educational credential
$32,580 – $45,80018,420
12Manicurists and Pedicurists$34,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,240 – $37,78024,390

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,580	$35,210 – $107,170	22,970
2	ConciergesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,190	$37,440 – $62,680	7,630
3	Baggage Porters and BellhopsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,610	$40,210 – $61,820	3,500
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$37,030 – $72,130	4,910
5	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,490	$35,290 – $77,550	4,600
6	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,440	$34,460 – $54,990	21,900
7	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$38,310	$34,330 – $45,960	7,290
8	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,900	$34,230 – $51,790	11,430
9	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,870	$34,360 – $46,970	48,780
10	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,120	$33,480 – $91,780	27,660
11	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,910	$32,580 – $45,800	18,420
12	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,910	$32,240 – $37,780	24,390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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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