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Skincare Specialists pay in Portland-South Portland, ME and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Skincare Specialists is $64,370 per year in Portland-South Portland, ME. It is $91,000 per year in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. Portland-South Portland, ME is 29.3% 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 140 wage and salary jobs in Portland-South Portland, ME 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.