Skincare Specialists salary

SOC 39-5094 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$45,330

per year, nationally

Middle half

$36,040–$59,700

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

72,890

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+6.7%

14,500 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$29,580$82,050

10th: $29,580
25th: $36,040
Median: $45,330
75th: $59,700
90th: $82,050

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Postsecondary nondegree award
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where skincare specialists earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$79,320	107.0	2,200	1.32×
2	District of Columbia	$77,480	109.9	200	0.61×
3	Wyoming	$62,400	92.7	100	0.72×
4	Montana	$58,500	94.6	280	1.15×
5	Nebraska	$58,420	90.1	550	1.14×
6	North Dakota	$58,160	89.0	190	0.92×
7	Maine	$55,850	97.0	260	0.87×
8	Colorado	$54,500	103.1	1,510	1.12×
9	Oregon	$52,110	103.4	1,070	1.17×
10	Delaware	$50,820	99.8	130	0.55×
11	Arizona	$50,470	100.7	1,710	1.13×
12	Texas	$49,250	97.1	6,160	0.93×
13	Georgia	$48,660	96.3	2,230	0.97×
14	Massachusetts	$47,310	105.8	1,360	0.80×
15	New Mexico	$47,230	92.2	370	0.90×
16	New Hampshire	$46,890	104.2	430	1.33×
17	Maryland	$46,590	105.0	1,130	0.87×
18	Wisconsin	$46,220	94.1	1,190	0.87×
19	New Jersey	$45,870	108.8	2,660	1.32×
20	Kansas	$45,760	90.1	420	0.62×
21	Utah	$45,490	98.9	1,160	1.43×
22	Illinois	$45,330	100.0	2,960	1.03×
23	Michigan	$45,240	96.2	1,510	0.73×
24	Missouri	$45,200	90.8	1,390	1.01×
25	Indiana	$44,450	93.3	1,120	0.75×
26	Minnesota	$44,430	98.6	920	0.67×
27	Florida	$43,880	103.4	5,270	1.13×
28	Rhode Island	$43,880	102.3	120	0.49×
29	Connecticut	$43,680	103.6	660	0.83×
30	Pennsylvania	$43,620	97.6	2,560	0.90×
31	New York	$42,910	107.9	3,510	0.77×
32	Alaska	$41,240	102.4	120	0.78×
33	Mississippi	$41,160	87.0	320	0.59×
34	South Carolina	$39,670	93.7	1,210	1.12×
35	Virginia	$39,350	101.1	1,970	1.02×
36	Alabama	$39,260	88.8	590	0.60×
37	Ohio	$39,150	92.8	1,700	0.65×
38	North Carolina	$39,120	94.3	2,680	1.16×
39	California	$38,770	110.7	11,360	1.33×
40	Nevada	$38,660	100.0	1,540	2.12×
41	Kentucky	$38,580	90.2	830	0.89×
42	South Dakota	$38,230	88.6	150	0.71×
43	West Virginia	$38,030	89.5	80	0.26×
44	Oklahoma	$37,340	87.8	680	0.84×
45	Iowa	$37,080	87.8	710	0.98×
46	Louisiana	$36,890	88.2	600	0.66×
47	Tennessee	$36,590	91.9	1,710	1.11×
48	Arkansas	$36,520	86.9	340	0.56×
49	Idaho	$34,130	95.5	720	1.80×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where skincare specialists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for skincare specialists

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$91,000	100.3	160	1.37×
2	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$81,490	103.7	90	1.55×
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$80,510	111.1	1,330	1.36×
4	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$76,520	100.1	80	1.38×
5	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$75,970	105.6	40	0.99×
6	Bellingham, WA	$64,830	103.3	80	1.79×
7	Portland-South Portland, ME	$64,370	101.9	140	1.05×
8	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$63,630	103.2	200	2.51×
9	Lincoln, NE	$61,560	91.6	120	1.42×
10	Waco, TX	$60,460	92.5	30	0.50×
11	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$58,930	104.5	630	1.00×
12	Bozeman, MT	$58,750	102.5	80	2.32×
13	Bismarck, ND	$58,520	91.0	40	1.29×
14	Omaha, NE-IA	$58,430	91.9	390	1.66×
15	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$57,930	105.4	800	1.42×
16	Rockford, IL	$57,720	92.2	40	0.62×
17	Rochester, MN	$57,420	90.8	40	0.67×
18	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$55,970	101.1	150	1.93×
19	Billings, MT	$55,730	93.5	50	1.06×
20	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$54,850	98.1	740	1.21×
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$54,500	105.8	880	1.17×
22	Boulder, CO	$54,440	105.2	90	0.97×
23	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$54,400	94.7	640	1.21×
24	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$54,290	103.1	1,620	0.85×
25	Missoula, MT	$53,320	96.4	70	2.16×
26	Fargo, ND-MN	$52,950	90.9	90	1.33×
27	Bend, OR	$52,730	103.6	80	1.62×
28	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$52,350	115.6	1,920	1.72×
29	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$51,810	92.9	40	0.82×
30	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$51,540	109.4	70	0.58×
31	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$51,320	100.1	1,720	1.27×
32	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$51,180	103.3	1,340	1.21×
33	Tucson, AZ	$51,030	96.9	200	1.07×
34	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$50,980	85.9	120	0.87×
35	Salinas, CA	$50,640	109.0	90	1.08×
36	Medford, OR	$50,490	101.4	70	1.58×
37	Jacksonville, FL	$49,700	99.5	660	1.84×
38	Spartanburg, SC	$49,490	91.1	160	2.01×
39	Champaign-Urbana, IL	$49,440	92.7	40	0.77×
40	Salem, OR	$49,340	103.6	90	0.98×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where skincare specialists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$35,790
Manicurists and Pedicurists$35,760
Barbers$38,210
Shampooers$32,600
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance$97,150