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Personal Care and Service Occupations
Across the 28 of this group's 32 occupations with published Colorado employment, 77,570 Coloradans work in personal care and service occupations (4 more occupations have no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 25.2 of 100, and 0.7% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
Childcare Workers; Amusement and Recreation Attendants; Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors — the largest of this group's 32 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 77,570 across 28 of 32 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 25.2 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 0.7% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $30,800–$69,070 range across the 29 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 32 occupations — and its 77,570 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 1 | 580 | 0.7% |
| substantial overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| some overlap | 5 | 31,690 | 40.9% |
| little overlap | 26 | 45,300 | 58.4% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Workers | some overlap | 34.0 | 13,310 | $40,750 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | some overlap | 36.5 | 10,820 | $35,770 |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | little overlap | 23.5 | 10,500 | $49,900 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | little overlap | 5.3 | 6,820 | $37,690 |
| Animal Caretakers | little overlap | 18.2 | 6,290 | $37,430 |
| Recreation Workers | little overlap | 25.0 | 6,100 | $38,820 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services | some overlap | 34.2 | 4,150 | $58,640 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | little overlap | 5.6 | 3,970 | $37,110 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers | some overlap | 36.2 | 3,160 | $54,530 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | little overlap | 20.0 | 2,960 | $38,380 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilpin | 12.9% | 617 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Grand | 7.9% | 647 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Pitkin | 7.3% | 1,289 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Teller | 6.4% | 515 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Clear Creek | 6.4% | 221 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| San Miguel | 6.3% | 384 | Partially imputed estimate |