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Manicurists and Pedicurists pay in Hawaii and Illinois
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Manicurists and Pedicurists is $60,790 per year in Hawaii. It is $37,050 per year in Illinois. Hawaii is 64.1% above Illinois 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 2,470 in Illinois. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings