Overview & Salary

Overview

Clean and shape customers' fingernails and toenails. May polish or decorate nails.

On the job, you would:

  • Clean and sanitize tools and work environment.
  • Apply undercoat and clear or colored polish onto nails with brush.
  • Maintain supply inventories and records of client services.

Education

  • high school diploma/GED
  • no high school diploma/GED

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $27,260
Annual median $34,250
Annual 90th percentile $48,080

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Business

  • customer service

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others

Social

  • looking for ways to help people
  • understanding people's reactions

Personality & Abilities

Personality

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Attention to Detail
  • Self Control
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Concern for Others
  • Independence

Abilities

Hand and Finger Use

  • keep your arm or hand steady
  • put together small parts with your fingers

Attention

  • pay attention to something without being distracted
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