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Manicurists and Pedicurists pay in Altoona, PA and Portland-South Portland, ME
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Manicurists and Pedicurists is $28,200 per year in Altoona, PA. It is $59,350 per year in Portland-South Portland, ME. Altoona, PA is 52.5% below Portland-South Portland, ME on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-5092 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 80 wage and salary jobs in Altoona, PA and 130 in Portland-South Portland, ME. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.