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Manicurists and Pedicurists

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 160.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 39-5092
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$36,750 · 50th
$34,63010th
$35,78025th
$36,75050th
$42,86075th
$51,22090th

That is the medianhalf of manicurists and pedicurists in San Luis Obispo earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$36,750 in San Luis Obispo buys what $33,800 buys across the country as a whole.

San Luis Obispo's regional price parity is 108.6 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in California

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. San Luis Obispo
San Jose$43,070$39,000110.4+15.3%
San Francisco$41,600$36,000115.6+6.3%
Napa$38,500$34,200112.6+1.1%
Santa Rosa$37,870$35,100107.8+3.8%
Vallejo$36,810$33,900108.5+0.3%
San Luis Obispo This page$36,750$33,800108.6
San Diego$36,670$32,800111.9−3.2%
Salinas$36,630$33,600109.0−0.7%

Price parity and difference against San Luis Obispo are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Employment
160 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 39-5092, Manicurists and Pedicurists. Mapped to our taxonomy as manicurists-and-pedicurists.

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