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Manicurists and Pedicurists pay in Hawaii and New Mexico
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Manicurists and Pedicurists is $60,790 per year in Hawaii. It is $25,720 per year in New Mexico. Hawaii is 136.4% above New Mexico 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 Not published in New Mexico. 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