High paying personal care jobs in Oregon with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in Oregon 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 Oregon run 3.4% above the national average (2024), so a Oregon salary is worth about 0.97× 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 Oregon.

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

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OccupationMedian, Oregon · Employed

1Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$58,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $101,3804,800
2Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$57,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,880 – $76,8101,860
3Skincare Specialists$52,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,900 – $105,6601,070
4Residential Advisors$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,300 – $62,460840
5Manicurists and Pedicurists$46,080
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,230 – $77,4202,210
6Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $43,33022,930
7Recreation Workers$39,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,330 – $56,7304,640
8Childcare Workers$38,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,580 – $46,4505,240
9Animal Caretakers$36,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,510 – $54,5103,470
10Amusement and Recreation Attendants$35,400
No formal educational credential
$31,210 – $42,0203,150
11Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$34,110
No formal educational credential
$30,720 – $42,2301,100

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

#	Occupation	MedianOregon	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,510	$35,390 – $101,380	4,800
2	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,580	$34,880 – $76,810	1,860
3	Skincare SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$52,110	$35,900 – $105,660	1,070
4	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$34,300 – $62,460	840
5	Manicurists and PedicuristsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,080	$35,230 – $77,420	2,210
6	Personal Care and Service Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$41,600 – $43,330	22,930
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,610	$32,330 – $56,730	4,640
8	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,650	$32,580 – $46,450	5,240
9	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,580	$33,510 – $54,510	3,470
10	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$35,400	$31,210 – $42,020	3,150
11	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$34,110	$30,720 – $42,230	1,100

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