Skincare Specialists in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,631
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$5,889
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,408
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — 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
$36,520
Kept after tax
$30,631
Worth in national money
$35,408
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for skincare specialists is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $36,520. That is 48 of 49 states, and about 19.44% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Arkansas publishes, skincare specialists lands at 395. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $36,520 you keep $30,631, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $35,408 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $38,830, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For skincare specialists, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $36,520, ranking 48 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 19.44%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Arkansas, this work ranks 395 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.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for skincare specialists on $36,520 is $30,631. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $35,408 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $38,830 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Skincare Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,770 |
| This salary | $36,520 |
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 Arkansas | $30,631 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,524 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,968 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $35,409 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,590 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arkansas earn less than $36,520. The published range is $23,580 up to $57,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $30,631, from $36,520, 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 395 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $35,408, the adjusted value of that $36,520 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arkansas. 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 395 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for skincare specialists in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $23,580 to $57,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Arkansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,631 from $36,520. 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 395 of 489 locally.
- This $35,408 adjusted figure, worked from $36,520, 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 395 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 395 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $38,830, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $23,580 at the bottom tenth to $57,770 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $35,408.
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 Arkansas's own levy, $30,631 remains.
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 Arkansas is $38,830. 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 ($23,580) and the ninetieth ($57,770) 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?
Arkansas'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 $35,408 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 $30,631 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas 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.