How To Become A Personal Service Manager: What It Is and Career Path

What is a personal service manager and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

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Personal service managers supervise and directly manage personal service staff operations, including attendants, hairdressers, and caddies. They are also responsible for setting work schedules to guarantee consistency and timely service delivery in compliance with the work specifications. The key skills to have in this role is to pay full attention to what others say, take care to consider the points raised, and ask questions when necessary. Contrary to expectations, they also collaborate with staff and consumers to improve their condition in the workplace.

Personal service managers with little to no experience may expect to get between $24,360 to $29,830 a year or $12 to $14 an hour. Like any other work, a personal service managers's pay increases as they get more experience.

On a daily basis, personal service managers observe and evaluate workers' appearance and performance. They also must have an understanding of organizational and management concepts relating to strategic planning, distribution of personnel, the modeling of staff resources, leadership strategies, production processes, and human resources strategy. The personal service manager must also have knowledge of program standards and practices.

ScorePersonal Service ManagerUS Average

Salary

6.2

Avg. Salary $79,922

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

8.5

Growth rate 6%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

6.5

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 1.24%

Asian 5.13%

Black or African American 12.23%

Hispanic or Latino 15.87%

Unknown 4.62%

White 60.91%

Gender

female 61.71%

male 38.29%

Age - 44

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 44

Stress level

8.5

Stress level is very high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

8.7

Complexity level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work life balance

7.3

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a personal service manager

Explore personal service manager education requirements

Most common personal service manager degrees

Bachelor's

64.7 %

Associate

15.1 %

High School Diploma

9.6 %

Start to develop specific personal service manager skills

Skills	Percentages
Patient Care	29.32%
Customer Service	17.07%
Product Knowledge	12.78%
Performance Evaluations	9.94%
Payroll	7.80%

Complete relevant personal service manager training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 1-3 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New personal service managers learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a personal service manager based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real personal service manager resumes.

Research personal service manager duties and responsibilities

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Apply for personal service manager jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a personal service manager job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

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