Skincare Specialists in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,873
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$8,597
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,416
Arizona costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arizona — 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
$50,470
Kept after tax
$41,873
Worth in national money
$41,416
State rank
11
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Arizona pays skincare specialists a middle wage of $50,470, ranking 11 of 49 states and sitting about 11.34% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Skincare specialists ranks 293 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $50,470, tax leaves $41,873, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $41,416 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $56,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- Arizona's median for skincare specialists is $50,470, about 11.34% above the national figure and 11 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.
- Position 293 of 491 in Arizona places skincare specialists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for skincare specialists — median $50,470 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $41,873 retained, $41,416 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $56,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Skincare Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,950 |
| This salary | $50,470 |
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 Arizona | $41,873 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,733 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,559 |
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 | $49,401 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,095 |
| 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 skincare specialists in Arizona earn under $50,470 and half over. The published range runs $38,650 at the tenth percentile to $103,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $41,873, from $50,470, 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 293 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,416 uses one figure for the whole of Arizona. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 293.
- Figures are distribution medians for skincare specialists in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,650 to $103,950; 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 Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,873 from $50,470. 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 293 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,416, worked from $50,470, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arizona address, on work sitting at 293 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $56,970, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,650 and the top tenth $103,950 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Arizona run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $41,416 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Arizona then takes its own share, leaving $41,873.
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 Arizona is $56,970. 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 ($38,650) and the ninetieth ($103,950) 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?
Arizona's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $41,416 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 $41,873 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arizona 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.