Highest-paying Cities for Manicurists and Pedicurists

The top 100 highest paying cities for manicurists and pedicurists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of manicurists and pedicurists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $55,590, Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas is the highest paying city for manicurists and pedicurists. It is followed by Provo-Orem, Utah (average annual salary $52,830). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of manicurists and pedicurists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Manicurists and Pedicurists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$55,590	$32,800	70
2	Provo-Orem, Utah	$52,830	$16,610	40
3	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$52,000	$39,830	50
4	Bend, Oregon	$47,880	$31,140	60
5	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$46,290	$21,620	n/a
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$44,360	$36,290	3,260
7	Olympia, Washington	$41,010	$33,840	250
8	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$39,760	$34,050	80
9	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$39,020	$31,280	150
10	Bellingham, Washington	$37,980	$31,040	120
11	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$37,950	$30,790	110
12	Corvallis, Oregon	$37,850	$24,570	n/a
13	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$37,830	$33,570	1,610
14	Topeka, Kansas	$37,600	$18,280	90
15	Spokane, Washington	$37,420	$30,790	280
16	Longview, Washington	$37,320	$31,340	80
17	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$37,220	$30,510	1,940
18	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$37,150	$25,500	50
19	Bloomington, Indiana	$36,960	$18,720	100
20	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,920	$27,750	2,730
21	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$36,790	$29,620	50
22	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$36,630	$29,130	330
23	Boulder, Colorado	$36,430	$29,020	180
24	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$36,420	$30,480	60
25	Springfield, Illinois	$36,350	$24,960	30
26	Greeley, Colorado	$36,280	$29,590	110
27	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$36,120	$23,660	90
28	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$35,970	$26,000	3,030
29	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$35,860	$26,180	80
30	Charlottesville, Virginia	$35,820	$22,880	70
31	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,480	$22,640	80
32	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$35,410	$34,190	1,840
33	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$35,360	$29,310	30
34	Richmond, Virginia	$35,280	$22,880	640
35	Duluth, Wisconsin	$35,160	$23,100	30
36	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$34,840	$32,160	4,880
37	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$34,830	$27,860	80
38	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$34,740	$28,920	180
39	Nashua, New Hampshire	$34,740	$24,150	130
40	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$34,620	$22,880	770
41	Columbus, Ohio	$34,600	$22,690	430
42	Salem, Oregon	$34,550	$31,200	100
43	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$34,410	$23,520	2,460
44	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$34,370	$25,270	40
45	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$34,340	$19,680	310
46	Salt Lake City, Utah	$34,080	$19,330	590
47	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$33,780	$30,940	340
48	Napa, California	$33,720	$30,880	140
49	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$33,610	$22,880	40
50	Manchester, New Hampshire	$33,480	$21,160	150
51	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$33,440	$30,140	40
52	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$33,400	$29,880	440
53	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$33,390	$30,170	2,270
54	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$33,340	$27,860	70
55	Evansville, Kentucky	$33,230	$19,690	n/a
56	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$33,170	$30,470	14,160
57	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$32,890	$29,640	140
58	Lima, Ohio	$32,660	$22,750	30
59	St Louis, Missouri	$32,580	$27,720	250
60	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$32,580	$29,640	40
61	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$32,200	$27,280	30
62	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$32,160	$19,760	880
63	Rapid City, South Dakota	$32,010	$24,680	60
64	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$31,970	$17,200	n/a
65	Salinas, California	$31,620	$30,110	220
66	Yuba City, California	$31,350	$29,330	90
67	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$31,200	$29,990	23,620
68	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$31,150	$28,780	170
69	Appleton, Wisconsin	$31,130	$20,230	90
70	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$31,110	$30,110	3,770
71	Racine, Wisconsin	$31,110	$21,320	60
72	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$31,100	$29,790	200
73	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$31,080	$28,710	90
74	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$31,020	$29,610	3,700
75	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$30,890	$25,010	2,000
76	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$30,810	$30,180	3,930
77	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$30,740	$30,210	2,590
78	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$30,710	$23,890	110
79	Kingston, New York	$30,660	$28,040	70
80	Roanoke, Virginia	$30,660	$22,880	90
81	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$30,660	$17,680	300
82	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$30,590	$22,250	110
83	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$30,570	$29,320	670
84	Worcester, Massachusetts	$30,530	$29,640	400
85	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$30,450	$21,280	930
86	Tucson, Arizona	$30,440	$29,760	530
87	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$30,370	$18,820	150
88	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$30,310	$19,800	70
89	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$30,250	$19,650	840
90	Stockton, California	$30,200	$29,240	610
91	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$30,200	$29,120	80
92	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona	$30,160	$27,860	40
93	Huntsville, Alabama	$30,140	$27,200	90
94	Bloomington, Illinois	$30,130	$24,960	60
95	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$30,120	$17,220	80
96	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$30,070	$24,460	230
97	Madison, Wisconsin	$30,070	$17,350	140
98	Modesto, California	$30,040	$29,360	390
99	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$30,020	$17,890	50
100	Akron, Ohio	$30,020	$22,480	210

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for manicurists and pedicurists.