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Skincare Specialists pay in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Skincare Specialists is $38,730 per year in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. It is $91,000 per year in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 57.4% below Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-5094 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 300 wage and salary jobs in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and 160 in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. 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