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Manicurists and Pedicurists · SOC 39-5092

Manicurists and Pedicurists Salary in the Richmond Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Richmond, VA metro area

Figures describe the Richmond, VA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Richmond city limits.

Median annual wage$36,610
Median hourly wage$17.60

Manicurists and Pedicurists in the Richmond, VA metro area earned a median of $36,610 per year ($17.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,350 at the 10th percentile to $56,460 at the 90th. BLS estimates 740 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Manicurists and Pedicurists in the Richmond metro area earn more than $36,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,450 and $47,430.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$29,350$30,450$36,610$47,430$56,460
Hourly$14.11$14.64$17.60$22.80$27.15

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Richmond metro areathis metro area
    $36,610
  • Virginiastate (VA)
    $36,630
  • United Statesnational
    $35,760

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Virginia overall and +2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,620$34,197$46,773$59,350Ogden, UT — $21,620Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $25,670Monroe, LA — $26,330Alexandria, LA — $26,540Lafayette, LA — $26,830Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $26,840Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $27,190Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $27,590Erie, PA — $28,100State College, PA — $28,100Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $28,190Altoona, PA — $28,200El Paso, TX — $28,350Lawrence, KS — $28,470Baton Rouge, LA — $28,620Toledo, OH — $28,660New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $28,680Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $28,700Pittsburgh, PA — $28,790Reading, PA — $28,820York-Hanover, PA — $29,180Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $29,360Lancaster, PA — $29,370Mobile, AL — $29,370Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $29,440Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $29,490Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $30,050Manhattan, KS — $30,260Wichita, KS — $30,750Tucson, AZ — $30,870Columbus, GA-AL — $30,920Florence, SC — $31,100Minot, ND — $31,130Dover, DE — $31,200Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $31,200Springfield, IL — $31,200San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $31,250Tulsa, OK — $31,550Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $32,010Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $32,240Binghamton, NY — $32,240Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $32,240Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $32,280Rochester, NY — $32,760Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $33,440Vineland, NJ — $33,450Greenville, NC — $33,520Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $33,530Syracuse, NY — $33,530Johnson City, TN — $33,690Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $33,800Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $33,920Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $34,010Clarksville, TN-KY — $34,240Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,320Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $34,480Kingston, NY — $34,500Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $34,670Worcester, MA — $34,680Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $34,740New Haven, CT — $34,760Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $34,770Asheville, NC — $34,780Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $34,780Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $34,850Dothan, AL — $34,890Modesto, CA — $34,890New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $34,910Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $34,910Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $34,950Knoxville, TN — $34,950Traverse City, MI — $34,990Montgomery, AL — $35,060Fresno, CA — $35,080Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $35,080El Centro, CA — $35,090Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,100Barnstable Town, MA — $35,100Visalia, CA — $35,120Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $35,150Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $35,200Winchester, VA-WV — $35,240Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $35,290Evansville, IN — $35,320Janesville-Beloit, WI — $35,340Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $35,340Sandusky, OH — $35,340Redding, CA — $35,370Topeka, KS — $35,370Cleveland, OH — $35,430Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $35,480Springfield, MA — $35,500Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,520Fort Wayne, IN — $35,570Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $35,590Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $35,600Merced, CA — $35,600Grand Junction, CO — $35,750Stockton-Lodi, CA — $35,760Fond du Lac, WI — $35,770Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $35,770Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $35,780Charlottesville, VA — $35,800Ocala, FL — $35,870Manchester-Nashua, NH — $35,900Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $35,920Ann Arbor, MI — $35,990Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $36,130Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,170Kansas City, MO-KS — $36,180Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $36,230Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $36,300Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,310Green Bay, WI — $36,440Greeley, CO — $36,460Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $36,570Richmond, VA — $36,610Salinas, CA — $36,630Colorado Springs, CO — $36,670San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $36,670Akron, OH — $36,700Appleton, WI — $36,720San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $36,750Harrisonburg, VA — $36,770Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $36,790Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,810Vallejo, CA — $36,810Joplin, MO-KS — $36,860Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $36,870Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $36,960Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,100Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $37,390Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,450Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $37,480Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $37,540Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,590Port St. Lucie, FL — $37,600Columbus, OH — $37,670Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,690Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $37,740Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $37,870Boulder, CO — $38,000Springfield, MO — $38,060Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,100Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,330Jacksonville, FL — $38,390North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,400Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $38,480Napa, CA — $38,500Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $38,530Canton-Massillon, OH — $38,540Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $38,660Kenosha, WI — $38,760Naples-Marco Island, FL — $38,860Sheboygan, WI — $38,940Madison, WI — $39,020Eau Claire, WI — $39,690Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $40,010Bloomington, IL — $40,830St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,840Punta Gorda, FL — $40,990Hattiesburg, MS — $41,440Pueblo, CO — $41,600San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $41,600Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $42,040San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $43,070Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $43,380Reno, NV — $43,530Mankato, MN — $43,870Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,770Salem, OR — $44,850Bend, OR — $45,130Yakima, WA — $45,330Rochester, MN — $45,710Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,050Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,340Medford, OR — $46,390Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $46,620Kennewick-Richland, WA — $46,840Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $47,280Rapid City, SD — $47,600Anchorage, AK — $47,890Fairbanks-College, AK — $47,990Grand Forks, ND-MN — $49,290Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $50,800Omaha, NE-IA — $58,620Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,350

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Richmond metro area has the 71st-highest published median for this occupation among the 187 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for manicurists and pedicurists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Richmond metro areathis page
    $36,610
  • Harrisonburg metro area
    $36,770
  • Charlottesville metro area
    $35,800
  • Virginia Beach metro area
    $35,770
  • Winchester metro area
    $35,240

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Childcare Workers$33,570Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$39,110Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,250Animal Caretakers$33,710Recreation Workers$34,700Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$28,860

Highest-paying metro areas for manicurists and pedicuristss · Highest-paying occupations in Richmond Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.