DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
39-5092 Manicurists and Pedicurists
Occupational Description:
Clean and shape customers? fingernails and toenails. May polish or decorate nails.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Minnesota | 2,110 | 458 | $15.06/hr | $0.65/hr | $10.64/hr | $11.80/hr | $14.07/hr | $17.20/hr | $21.26/hr |
| U S | 111,780 | 4,471 | $13.41/hr | $0.11/hr | $9.90/hr | $11.46/hr | $12.61/hr | $14.78/hr | $17.98/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change 2023 - 2025 | |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 9,950 | $13.05/hr | 3.6% |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | 3,050 | $11.83/hr | 0.1% |
| Cooks, Short Order | 960 | $13.75/hr | 0.7% |
| Barbers | N/A | $21.66/hr | N/A |
Tasks for Manicurists and Pedicurists
- Removes previously applied nail polish, using liquid remover and swabs.
- Shapes and smoothes ends of nails, using scissors, files, and emery boards.
- Applies clear or colored liquid polish onto nails with brush.
- Roughens surfaces of fingernails, using abrasive wheel.
- Attaches paper forms to tips of customer's fingers to support and shape artificial nails.
- Softens nail cuticles with water and oil, pushes back cuticles, using cuticle knife, and trims cuticles, using scissors or nippers.
- Whitens underside of nails with white paste or pencil.
- Removes paper forms and shapes and smoothes edges of nails, using rotary abrasive wheel.
- Brushes coats of powder and solvent onto nails and paper forms with handbrush to maintain nail appearance and to extend nails to desired length.
- Polishes nails, using powdered polish and buffer.
- Forms artificial fingernails on customer's fingers.
- Cleans customers' nails in soapy water, using swabs, files, and orange sticks.
