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