Nail artist vs elderly caregiver

The differences between nail artists and elderly caregivers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a nail artist has an average salary of $43,369, which is higher than the $37,109 average annual salary of an elderly caregiver.

The top three skills for a nail artist include beauty services, customer service and nail art. The most important skills for an elderly caregiver are adaptive, oral care, and companionship.

Nail artist vs elderly caregiver overview

	Nail Artist	Elderly Caregiver
Yearly salary	$43,369	$37,109
Hourly rate	$20.85	$17.84
Growth rate	22%	36%
Number of jobs	4,559	71,532
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	High School Diploma, 33%
Average age	43	48
Years of experience	-	-

Nail artist vs elderly caregiver salary

Nail artists and elderly caregivers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Nail Artist	Elderly Caregiver
Average salary	$43,369	$37,109
Salary range	Between $14,000 And $127,000	Between $23,000 And $59,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	CARE
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between nail artist and elderly caregiver education

There are a few differences between a nail artist and an elderly caregiver in terms of educational background:

	Nail Artist	Elderly Caregiver
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	High School Diploma, 33%
Most common major	Cosmetology	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Nail artist vs elderly caregiver demographics

Here are the differences between nail artists' and elderly caregivers' demographics:

	Nail Artist	Elderly Caregiver
Average age	43	48
Gender ratio	Male, 15.0% Female, 85.0%	Male, 14.5% Female, 85.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 2.4% Unknown, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 52.1% White, 30.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.4% Asian, 7.4% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	5%	7%

Differences between nail artist and elderly caregiver duties and responsibilities

Nail artist example responsibilities.

Achieve all sales goals through close client contact and upselling techniques.
Conceptualize and develop terrain models using Maya and partner with director and animators to correspond and produce effective shots.
Freelance artist for Dior cosmetics, left to obtain more work elsewhere
Work directly for Christian Dior to locally work spa days and events.

Elderly caregiver example responsibilities.

Care include dressing, assisting with activities of daily living (ADL )
Assist w/bathing, personal hygiene laundry, housecleaning, ADL, and daily bed linen changing ....
Provide compassionate care to cognitively impair patients including but not limit to Alzheimer's patients and patients with dementia.
Help them build confidence providing companionship and conversation to have a normal lifestyle
Provide companionship for elderly individual, accompany patients to doctor appointment or other appointments as needed.
Keep information confidential according to HIPPA regulations.

Nail artist vs elderly caregiver skills

Common nail artist skills

Beauty Services, 66%
Customer Service, 15%
Nail Art, 6%
Nail Services, 6%
Nail Care, 3%
Front Desk, 3%

Common elderly caregiver skills

Adaptive, 23%
Oral Care, 16%
Companionship, 13%
CPR, 9%
RUN Errands, 8%
In-Home Care, 7%

Updated January 8, 2025

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