High paying personal care jobs in Rhode Island with no experience

The best paid personal care occupations in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island run 2.3% above the national average (2024), so a Rhode Island salary is worth about 0.98× 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 Rhode Island.

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

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OccupationMedian, Rhode Island · Employed

1Funeral Attendants$53,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,770 – $53,870190
2Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$45,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $77,230990
3Residential Advisors$45,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,460 – $67,940460
4Tour and Travel Guides$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,270 – $96,450210
5Animal Caretakers$37,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,510 – $63,1201,020
6Childcare Workers$36,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $45,1401,800
7Recreation Workers$36,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,290 – $52,920770
8Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$34,040
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $42,780340
9Amusement and Recreation Attendants$31,220
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $43,880760
10Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$31,200
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,200 – $38,6301,470

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

#	Occupation	MedianRhode Island	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Funeral AttendantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,580	$32,770 – $53,870	190
2	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,640	$31,200 – $77,230	990
3	Residential AdvisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,280	$33,460 – $67,940	460
4	Tour and Travel GuidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$32,270 – $96,450	210
5	Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,120	$31,510 – $63,120	1,020
6	Childcare WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,940	$31,410 – $45,140	1,800
7	Recreation WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,340	$31,290 – $52,920	770
8	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket TakersNo formal educational credential	$34,040	$31,200 – $42,780	340
9	Amusement and Recreation AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$31,220	$31,200 – $43,880	760
10	Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$31,200	$31,200 – $38,630	1,470

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