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Skincare specialists earn $45,330 a year at the midpoint

The middle of the pay scale for skincare specialists is $45,330. A typical start is nearer $36,040; the top tenth earn about $82,050.

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$45,330median a year · United States
$21.79an hour $51,850average 72,890people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$36,04025th $45,330median $59,70075th
$29,58010th percentile $82,05090th percentile
$36,040a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$79,320best-paying state · Washington
$34,130lowest-paying state · Idaho
+75%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $79,320 in Washington and $34,130 in Idaho — a gap of $45,190 a year.

Skincare specialist earnings, from starting pay to the top 10%

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Skincare specialist wages across the states

The 40 states where the most people do this work, of 49 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.32 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Washington $79,320 $48,620 $48,620 — $119,040 2,200
Montana $58,500 $35,130 $35,130 — $96,780 280
Nebraska $58,420 $44,300 $44,300 — $122,250 550
Colorado $54,500 $31,940 $31,940 — $99,720 1,510
Oregon $52,110 $35,900 $35,900 — $105,660 1,070
Arizona $50,470 $38,650 $38,650 — $103,950 1,710
Texas $49,250 $27,390 $27,390 — $84,180 6,160
Georgia $48,660 $32,670 $32,670 — $68,630 2,230
Massachusetts $47,310 $36,610 $36,610 — $60,320 1,360
New Mexico $47,230 $30,010 $30,010 — $90,770 370
New Hampshire $46,890 $27,560 $27,560 — $83,200 430
Maryland $46,590 $35,580 $35,580 — $79,940 1,130
Wisconsin $46,220 $22,830 $22,830 — $65,590 1,190
New Jersey $45,870 $35,180 $35,180 — $80,980 2,660
Kansas $45,760 $28,880 $28,880 — $65,180 420
Utah $45,490 $26,810 $26,810 — $62,990 1,160
Illinois $45,330 $31,200 $31,200 — $63,920 2,960
Michigan $45,240 $28,810 $28,810 — $77,940 1,510
Missouri $45,200 $29,790 $29,790 — $81,710 1,390
Indiana $44,450 $24,440 $24,440 — $66,670 1,120
Minnesota $44,430 $23,990 $23,990 — $79,520 920
Florida $43,880 $27,860 $27,860 — $83,990 5,270
Connecticut $43,680 $34,010 $34,010 — $87,240 660
Pennsylvania $43,620 $22,870 $22,870 — $69,820 2,560
New York $42,910 $33,510 $33,510 — $77,550 3,510
Mississippi $41,160 $20,960 $20,960 — $140,920 320
South Carolina $39,670 $22,530 $22,530 — $80,430 1,210
Virginia $39,350 $31,530 $31,530 — $67,520 1,970
Alabama $39,260 $26,540 $26,540 — $73,180 590
Ohio $39,150 $28,350 $28,350 — $74,030 1,700
North Carolina $39,120 $25,570 $25,570 — $96,660 2,680
California $38,770 $34,650 $34,650 — $77,160 11,360
Nevada $38,660 $28,070 $28,070 — $73,110 1,540
Kentucky $38,580 $26,340 $26,340 — $81,610 830
Oklahoma $37,340 $22,140 $22,140 — $77,020 680
Iowa $37,080 $22,830 $22,830 — $191,910 710
Louisiana $36,890 $20,340 $20,340 — $64,650 600
Tennessee $36,590 $22,200 $22,200 — $77,830 1,710
Arkansas $36,520 $23,580 $23,580 — $57,770 340
Idaho $34,130 $21,630 $21,630 — $55,560 720

No estimate is published for 1 states: the survey withholds a figure when too few employers report it. Nothing has been filled in for them.

No. 625 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 21% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 623 Transportation Workers, All Other $45,650
  2. 624 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians $45,570
  3. 625 Skincare specialists $45,330
  4. 626 Religious Workers, All Other $45,280
  5. 627 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks $45,260

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  • Sterilized equipment and cleaned work areas.
  • Cleansed clients' skin with water, creams, or lotions.
  • Demonstrated how to clean and care for skin properly and recommend skin-care regimens.

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Adjacent work, and what it pays

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Skincare specialists$45,330
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance$97,150+$51,820 Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists$35,790−$9,540

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Skincare specialist pay rate, hourly to yearly

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Questions people ask

What is a skincare specialist’s yearly income?

A skincare specialist makes a median of $45,330 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $36,040 and $59,700.

What is a skincare specialist’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $21.79 an hour; the average is $51,850 a year.

What is the starting pay for a skincare specialist?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $36,040 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $29,580.

Which state pays skincare specialists the most?

Washington, with a median of $79,320 a year.

How many people work as skincare specialists?

About 72,890 in the United States — number 625 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Jobs that pay about the same

Median pay within $100 of what skincare specialists earn — $45,330 a year — but not always the same spread.

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