Manicurists and Pedicurists in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,341
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$5,569
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,933
Rhode Island costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Rhode Island — 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
$34,910
Kept after tax
$29,341
Worth in national money
$28,933
State rank
31
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Rhode Island is 31 of 49 states for manicurists and pedicurists, with a middle wage of $34,910. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Rhode Island this is lower-paid work. Of 452 occupations the state publishes figures for, manicurists and pedicurists ranks 435. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $34,910 the take-home is $29,341, which is worth about $28,933 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $35,550, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Rhode Island ranks 31 of 49 for manicurists and pedicurists at $34,910. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Rhode Island reports, manicurists and pedicurists ranks 435 of 452, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for manicurists and pedicurists on its $34,910 median: $29,341 retained after tax becomes $28,933 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $35,550 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 | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,880 |
| This salary | $34,910 |
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 Rhode Island | $29,341 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,230 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,176 |
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 | $33,803 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,632 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
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 Rhode Island earn under $34,910 and half over. The published range runs $31,200 at the tenth percentile to $43,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $29,341, from $34,910, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 435 of 452 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $28,933, the adjusted value of that $34,910 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Rhode Island. 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 435 of 452 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for manicurists and pedicurists in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,200 to $43,880; 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.
- Take-home for Rhode Island is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,341 from $34,910. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 435 of 452 locally.
- This $28,933 adjusted figure, worked from $34,910, 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 435 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 435 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,200 and the top tenth $43,880, so most people doing this work in Rhode Island sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Rhode Island run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $28,933 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Rhode Island's own levy, $29,341 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,200 to $43,880) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Rhode Island rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Rhode Island's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $28,933 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 $29,341 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Rhode Island 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.