Manicurists and Pedicurists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,225
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$9,315
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,398
Maine costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maine — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$48,540
Kept after tax
$39,225
Worth in national money
$40,398
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for manicurists and pedicurists is strong here. Maine's middle earner gets $48,540, putting the state 4 of 49 — about 35.74% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Maine, this sits in the middle: 332 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $48,540, take-home of $39,225 is worth roughly $40,398 in national money. The average comes to $55,930, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For manicurists and pedicurists, Maine sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,540, ranking 4 of 49 and running about 35.74% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Manicurists and pedicurists ranks 332 of 484 occupations in Maine by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for manicurists and pedicurists, whose median is $48,540, the adjusted figure of $40,398 differs little from $39,225 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,930 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Manicurists and Pedicurists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,490 |
| This salary | $48,540 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Maine | $39,225 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,182 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,981 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $46,105 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,396 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,540 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,800 and the ninetieth is $81,490 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,225 take-home in Maine comes from $48,540. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 332 of 484.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,398, the adjusted value of that $48,540 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 332 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $48,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,800 to $81,490. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,225, from $48,540, assumes a single Maine filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 332 of 484 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $40,398 — the adjusted value of that $48,540 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 332 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $55,930, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,800, the highest tenth $81,490, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Maine sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $40,398 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Maine adds its own income tax on top — which is why $39,225 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Maine is $55,930. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,800) and the ninetieth ($81,490) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Maine's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $40,398 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $39,225 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maine income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.