Manicurists and Pedicurists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,723
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$10,357
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,113
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — 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
$46,080
Kept after tax
$35,723
Worth in national money
$34,113
State rank
6
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays manicurists and pedicurists a middle wage of $46,080, ranking 6 of 49 states and sitting about 28.86% above the national middle.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, manicurists and pedicurists lands at 411. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,080 the take-home is $35,723. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $34,113 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $49,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oregon's median for manicurists and pedicurists is $46,080, about 28.86% above the national figure and 6 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Oregon, this work ranks 411 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $35,723 for manicurists and pedicurists, from $46,080. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,113. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $49,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Manicurists and Pedicurists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,420 |
| This salary | $46,080 |
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 Oregon | $35,723 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,205 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,232 |
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 | $41,747 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,537 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of manicurists and pedicurists in Oregon earn under $46,080 and half over. The published range runs $35,230 at the tenth percentile to $77,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,723 take-home in Oregon comes from $46,080. 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 411 of 489.
- Two cautions on $34,113, the adjusted value of that $46,080 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 411 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for manicurists and pedicurists in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,230 to $77,420; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $35,723, from $46,080, assumes a single Oregon 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 411 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 49 for it.
- This $34,113 adjusted figure, worked from $46,080, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 411 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 411 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $49,100 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,230 at the bottom tenth to $77,420 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $34,113 of national purchasing power.
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 Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $35,723 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 Oregon is $49,100. 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 ($35,230) and the ninetieth ($77,420) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $34,113 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $35,723 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon 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.