Skincare Specialists in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,632
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$14,688
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,534
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$79,320
Kept after tax
$64,632
Worth in national money
$59,534
State rank
1
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays skincare specialists a middle wage of $79,320, ranking 1 of 49 states and sitting about 74.98% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Washington reports figures for, this is number 199.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,320, tax leaves $64,632 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $59,534 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $83,090, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for skincare specialists is $79,320, about 74.98% above the national figure and 1 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.
- In Washington's occupational distribution, skincare specialists sits at 199 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $64,632 remains from the Washington median of $79,320 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $59,534 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $83,090 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 | $48,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,040 |
| This salary | $79,320 |
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 Washington | $64,632 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,632 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,976 |
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 | $79,320 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,636 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,320 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,620 and the ninetieth is $119,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $64,632 take-home in Washington comes from $79,320. 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 199 of 493.
- Two cautions on $59,534, the adjusted value of that $79,320 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. 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 199 of 493 locally.
- The Washington median of $79,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,620 to $119,040. 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 $64,632, from $79,320, assumes a single Washington 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 199 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 49 for it.
- This $59,534 adjusted figure, worked from $79,320, 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 199 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 199 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $83,090, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,620 at the bottom tenth to $119,040 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $59,534 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $64,632 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 Washington is $83,090. 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 ($48,620) and the ninetieth ($119,040) 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?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $59,534 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $64,632 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.