Average price for a basic pedicure in nail salons in the U.S. 2008-2019
How much is a pedicure in the U.S.?
In 2019, nail salons in the U.S. charged an average price of 35.46 U.S. dollars for a basic pedicure.
Nail salons in the U.S.
Nail salons are establishments where people are able to get services done to their nails. Since 2015, the number of nail salons in the United States has been steadily decreasing. In order to work at a nail salon, one must be licensed. Average spending on nail salon services in the United States has also been steadily decreasing since 2014.
Services offered at nail salons in the U.S.
Nail salons offer a variety of different services which include manicures, pedicures, gel-polish, and acrylics. The second most common service offered in the United States in 2019 was gel-polish. Gel-polish comes in two different types, hard gel and soft gel. Hard gel is essentially a nail extension, whereas soft gel is not hard enough to become a nail extension but rather it is a polish for gel overlay.
The average price of a manicure in the United States in 2019 stood at 22.75 U.S. dollars. Manicures are nail treatments done to the fingernails, which are made up of filing and shaping the nail, shortening the cuticles, treating the nails, and applying a nail polish, whereas pedicures are the same but are done to the toenails.