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Hairdressers And Cosmetologists

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Job Numbers and Growth

Hairdressers and cosmetologists in the US number about 617,000. Compared to other occupations, unemployment is considered very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 31% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. About 45% of hairdressers and cosmetologists are self-employed.

Training and Education

Expect to need to get a postsecondary vocational award if you pursue this occupation. 6% of employees have a bachelor's degree. 42 of people working as hairdressers and cosmetologists have had some college education, but stopped short of a degree. About 51% of those working as workers have a high-school diploma, but no further education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs per capita for employees are most common in Mansfield (Ohio), Sheboygan (Wisconsin), and Ocean City (New Jersey), and least common in Albany (Georgia), Jackson (Mississippi), and Salinas (California).

Jobs for hairdressers and cosmetologists pay the most in Durham (North Carolina), Corvallis (Oregon), and Honolulu (Hawaii), and the least in Longview (Texas), Farmington (New Mexico), and Valdosta (Georgia).

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Hairdressers And Cosmetologists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Hairdressers And Cosmetologists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Hairdressers And Cosmetologists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Hairdressers And Cosmetologists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston90$23,9200.8
AlabamaBirmingham780$34,0600.5
AlabamaDecatur170$30,8301.3
AlabamaDothan150$34,7201
AlabamaHuntsville710$22,8001.3
AlabamaMobile330$21,0900.7
AlabamaMontgomery510$30,7101.1
AlabamaTuscaloosa200$31,4600.9
AlaskaAnchorage580$29,0501.4
AlaskaFairbanks60$34,7700.8
ArizonaFlagstaff110$24,4600.8
ArizonaPhoenix4,720$28,0500.9
ArizonaPrescott60$25,4200.4
ArizonaTucson900$26,2800.9
ArizonaYuma70$23,0300.5
ArkansasFayetteville550$28,2901
ArkansasFort Smith130$25,8700.4
ArkansasHot Springs130$20,0901.5
ArkansasJonesboro130$19,6001.1
ArkansasLittle Rock570$26,7300.6
ArkansasPine Bluff40$18,3600.5
CaliforniaChico100$20,9100.6
CaliforniaEl Centro50$21,1800.4
CaliforniaHanford60$21,0400.9
CaliforniaModesto290$23,5700.7
CaliforniaNapa110$20,4200.7
CaliforniaOakland1,370$27,3200.5
CaliforniaRedding100$19,3800.6
CaliforniaRiverside2,600$21,8900.7
CaliforniaSacramento1,570$27,4400.6
CaliforniaSalinas40$24,1400.1
CaliforniaSan Diego2,780$25,0300.7
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,180$32,0500.4
CaliforniaSan Jose1,850$21,6900.7
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo190$22,0200.7
CaliforniaSanta Ana2,840$22,8300.7
CaliforniaSanta Cruz210$30,9900.9
CaliforniaSanta Rosa450$22,3700.9
CaliforniaVallejo240$25,0100.8
CaliforniaVisalia120$18,8200.3
CaliforniaYuba City110$22,0601.2
ColoradoBoulder620$28,1801.4
ColoradoColorado Springs690$23,4801
ColoradoDenver3,600$26,8601
ColoradoFort Collins410$23,2001.3
ColoradoGrand Junction200$24,0501.4
ColoradoGreeley180$19,9401
ColoradoPueblo120$21,1000.9
ConnecticutBridgeport2,040$33,1601.7
ConnecticutDanbury380$31,020 2.1
ConnecticutHartford1,530$32,4701
ConnecticutNew Haven880$26,4801.2
ConnecticutNorwich640$24,9002
ConnecticutWaterbury240$23,0801.4
DelawareDover230$25,9401.7
DelawareWilmington1,180$30,0201.3
District of ColumbiaWashington6,350$36,0501
FloridaCape Coral1,050$32,0301.9
FloridaDeltona370$25,4600.9
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,510$26,6801.2
FloridaFort Walton Beach250$25,6001.3
FloridaGainesville310$25,4301
FloridaJacksonville1,610$30,1701
FloridaLakeland360$30,1800.7
FloridaMiami3,090$25,9601.1
FloridaNaples390$32,1401.2
FloridaOcala370$22,0901.5
FloridaOrlando2,950$28,1701
FloridaPalm Bay880$25,5901.7
FloridaPanama City170$25,4601
FloridaPensacola450$26,0001.1
FloridaPort St Lucie480$31,5801.4
FloridaPunta Gorda230$20,620 2.5
FloridaSarasota1,000$29,9601.4
FloridaTallahassee490$23,7101.1
FloridaTampa4,420$23,4401.3
FloridaWest Palm Beach2,200$28,7701.5
GeorgiaAlbany50 0.3
GeorgiaAthens170$28,0500.9
GeorgiaAtlanta4,920$29,8700.7
GeorgiaAugusta330$19,3700.6
GeorgiaBrunswick90$29,5300.9
GeorgiaColumbus100$25,4700.4
GeorgiaGainesville180$27,7701
GeorgiaMacon140$26,3400.5
GeorgiaRome80$20,7300.9
GeorgiaSavannah400$28,9101
GeorgiaValdosta70$17,4900.5
HawaiiHonolulu830$40,9200.7
IdahoBoise750$23,1901
IdahoCoeur Dalene180$25,0301.3
IdahoLewiston100$18,1302
IllinoisBloomington210$24,3701.2
IllinoisChampaign170$31,8900.7
IllinoisChicago11,160$26,9201
IllinoisDecatur150$24,1701.3
IllinoisKankakee150$29,2601.7
IllinoisPeoria330$24,6200.7
IllinoisRockford190$26,7600.5
IllinoisSpringfield360$32,8601.4
IndianaAnderson120$18,2601.3
IndianaBloomington110$25,0400.6
IndianaColumbus60$21,3300.6
IndianaElkhart290$26,4100.9
IndianaEvansville470$22,8701
IndianaFort Wayne450$22,0900.8
IndianaGary1,420$22,1101.9
IndianaIndianapolis2,430$27,5801
IndianaKokomo150$21,9001.8
IndianaLafayette330$21,6201.7
IndianaMichigan City80$28,1100.8
IndianaMuncie110$20,2801
IndianaSouth Bend650$24,0801.8
IndianaTerre Haute220$23,2901.3
IowaAmes130$26,0901.5
IowaDavenport550$23,3401.1
IowaDes Moines960$26,7301.1
IowaDubuque160$22,0401.3
IowaIowa City320$24,5701.8
IowaSioux City250$23,7801.4
IowaWaterloo230$21,7001.1
KansasLawrence250$20,030 2.3
KansasTopeka250$23,6600.9
KansasWichita750$21,7400.9
KentuckyBowling Green120$22,1000.9
KentuckyElizabethtown140$20,5401.3
KentuckyLexington420$24,9200.6
KentuckyLouisville1,020$24,0100.6
KentuckyOwensboro110$20,1200.9
LouisianaAlexandria130$19,3200.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge590$25,3300.6
LouisianaHouma120$17,7500.5
LouisianaLafayette350$20,1800.9
LouisianaLake Charles190$18,1300.9
LouisianaMonroe80$17,8400.4
LouisianaNew Orleans890$30,5900.6
LouisianaShreveport280$21,2300.6
MaineBangor110$26,0700.7
MaineLewiston120$27,5001
MainePortland680$27,1901.2
MarylandBaltimore4,460$31,0501.2
MarylandBethesda2,890$33,7401.8
MarylandCumberland120$22,3501.4
MarylandHagerstown310$25,0201.2
MarylandSalisbury190$22,0001.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town530$31,670 2
MassachusettsBoston4,910$30,6201
MassachusettsFramingham610$35,3201.4
MassachusettsHaverhill250$26,6901.3
MassachusettsLawrence160$31,5101.1
MassachusettsLowell400$24,6501.3
MassachusettsNew Bedford210 1.3
MassachusettsPittsfield160$26,330 2.1
MassachusettsSpringfield940$29,8601.1
MassachusettsTaunton140$27,9801.3
MassachusettsWorcester880$30,1901.3
MichiganAnn Arbor340$30,3800.8
MichiganBattle Creek120$17,8601
MichiganBay City150$22,7701.9
MichiganDetroit1,990$25,2701
MichiganFlint410$21,4701.1
MichiganGrand Rapids1,190$22,4401.1
MichiganHolland220$33,8100.8
MichiganJackson120$23,7300.9
MichiganKalamazoo280$26,7200.8
MichiganLansing430$21,8200.8
MichiganMuskegon180$24,2901.2
MichiganNiles100 0.7
MichiganWarren4,830$26,5501.5
MinnesotaDuluth510$27,6601.5
MinnesotaMinneapolis7,680$30,1601.5
MinnesotaRochester280$26,4501.2
MinnesotaSt Cloud280$23,7501.1
MississippiGulfport130$20,9000.5
MississippiHattiesburg150$18,7801.1
MississippiJackson220$28,1900.3
MissouriColumbia400$22,9601.9
MissouriJefferson City140$28,1100.8
MissouriJoplin160$19,8700.8
MissouriKansas City2,920$24,7001
MissouriSpringfield510$18,9301
MissouriSt Joseph150$27,1701.2
MissouriSt Louis3,880$25,5201
MontanaBillings240$28,8301.2
MontanaMissoula170$20,1301.3
NebraskaLincoln470$21,5401.1
NebraskaOmaha1,420$24,3601.1
NevadaCarson City60$21,4101
NevadaLas Vegas1,580$25,3600.6
NevadaReno710$22,3701.3
New HampshireManchester360$23,4301.3
New HampshireNashua650$28,1301.8
New HampshirePortsmouth140$32,3301
New HampshireRochester200$19,3201.4
New JerseyAtlantic City430$29,8101.1
New JerseyCamden2,350$34,1701.6
New JerseyEdison5,020$31,4501.7
New JerseyNewark4,050$29,7301.4
New JerseyOcean City250$29,160 2.5
New JerseyTrenton600$33,2001
New JerseyVineland200$27,3601.4
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,040$25,8301
New MexicoFarmington70$15,3500.5
New MexicoLas Cruces110$19,3400.7
New MexicoSanta Fe150$29,5701
New YorkAlbany990$24,9000.8
New YorkBuffalo1,700$25,0501.1
New YorkElmira110$20,3101.3
New YorkGlens Falls150$29,5601.2
New YorkIthaca100$26,9601
New YorkKingston190$20,9601.3
New YorkNassau5,170$26,7301.5
New YorkNew York15,070$32,5901
New YorkPoughkeepsie1,080$24,7701.7
New YorkRochester1,520$25,9501.1
New YorkSyracuse960$21,7501.1
New YorkUtica210$24,7700.6
North CarolinaAsheville450$21,5500.9
North CarolinaCharlotte2,280$26,0200.9
North CarolinaDurham490$38,9900.7
North CarolinaFayetteville330$19,5801
North CarolinaGoldsboro60$17,9100.7
North CarolinaGreensboro430$22,0700.4
North CarolinaGreenville120$19,9000.7
North CarolinaJacksonville190$23,5402
North CarolinaRaleigh1,300$33,8200.9
North CarolinaRocky Mount60$16,8900.4
North CarolinaWilmington270$19,1400.7
North CarolinaWinston Salem560$27,5501
North DakotaBismarck240$22,6601.7
OhioAkron1,830$23,7802
OhioCanton810$23,5901.7
OhioCincinnati4,180$26,5201.4
OhioCleveland4,470$25,1401.5
OhioColumbus2,390$23,7900.9
OhioDayton1,240$25,3701.2
OhioLima280$17,970 2.2
OhioMansfield340$24,160 2.7
OhioSandusky50$25,7600.6
OhioSpringfield210$26,5501.9
OhioToledo950$23,5101.1
OhioYoungstown640$19,1001
OklahomaLawton110$17,2101.3
OklahomaOklahoma City1,040$20,4700.7
OklahomaTulsa950$20,4200.8
OregonCorvallis130$32,2301.8
OregonMedford170$22,9100.8
OregonPortland1,990$26,6800.7
OregonSalem390$26,9801
PennsylvaniaAllentown1,580$24,4001.7
PennsylvaniaAltoona300$19,720 2
PennsylvaniaErie740$21,990 2.3
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,320$21,6201.5
PennsylvaniaJohnstown240$21,8701.7
PennsylvaniaLancaster880$22,6501.4
PennsylvaniaLebanon170$22,3401.5
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia7,730$25,7501.5
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh5,370$21,8001.7
PennsylvaniaReading560$22,4501.3
PennsylvaniaScranton1,150$21,7701.6
PennsylvaniaState College130$25,2400.9
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport180$23,8401.5
PennsylvaniaYork610$24,0901.3
Rhode IslandProvidence1,690$27,9701.1
South CarolinaCharleston1,080$30,3401.4
South CarolinaColumbia850$23,6400.9
South CarolinaFlorence90$31,7200.4
South CarolinaGreenville560$26,8000.7
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach210$21,3700.7
South CarolinaSpartanburg170$20,7500.5
South DakotaRapid City170$26,3101.1
South DakotaSioux Falls270$25,1600.7
TennesseeChattanooga340$24,8700.5
TennesseeClarksville80$26,5400.4
TennesseeJackson130$24,8300.9
TennesseeKingsport180$22,7600.6
TennesseeKnoxville850$31,2400.9
TennesseeMemphis1,210$27,6700.7
TennesseeNashville1,710$31,0500.8
TexasAbilene140 0.9
TexasAmarillo140$21,7200.5
TexasAustin1,730$30,8200.8
TexasBeaumont220$24,7100.5
TexasCorpus Christi180 0.4
TexasEl Paso610$17,6800.9
TexasFort Worth2,310$23,5401
TexasHouston6,110$22,7700.8
TexasKilleen310$23,8701
TexasLaredo180$19,0300.9
TexasLongview170$15,8900.7
TexasLubbock160$17,8000.5
TexasMcallen320$18,4300.5
TexasMidland150$20,8900.9
TexasOdessa130$20,7400.9
TexasSan Angelo150$25,2301.6
TexasSan Antonio2,180$23,5500.9
TexasTexarkana70$21,2100.5
TexasTyler280$23,7101.2
TexasWaco200$26,5500.8
UtahOgden790$23,6301.5
UtahProvo570$21,8101.3
UtahSalt Lake City1,260$22,1900.7
VermontBurlington220$36,5600.8
VirginiaBlacksburg250$26,1201.7
VirginiaCharlottesville470$28,4802
VirginiaDanville30$28,8000.4
VirginiaHarrisonburg170 1.3
VirginiaLynchburg220$27,4400.9
VirginiaRichmond1,890$32,8001.1
VirginiaRoanoke480$17,6301.1
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,490$26,3101.2
VirginiaWinchester110$27,9700.9
WashingtonBellingham230$25,2101.1
WashingtonBremerton330$30,2101.6
WashingtonKennewick180$24,2500.8
WashingtonLongview130$34,7501.7
WashingtonMount Vernon100 0.9
WashingtonOlympia220$29,1100.9
WashingtonSeattle5,470$35,4601.4
WashingtonSpokane450$30,9400.8
WashingtonTacoma740$28,5101
WashingtonWenatchee110$22,6301.2
WashingtonYakima80$27,5400.4
West VirginiaCharleston310$23,6900.8
West VirginiaHuntington250$24,9400.8
West VirginiaMorgantown210$21,8801.9
West VirginiaParkersburg170$18,9601
West VirginiaWeirton160$22,4701.6
West VirginiaWheeling330$18,880 2.1
WisconsinAppleton610$26,820 2.1
WisconsinEau Claire320$27,7101.7
WisconsinFond190$24,6501.8
WisconsinGreen Bay580$20,2801.3
WisconsinJanesville260$21,9301.6
WisconsinLa Crosse290$22,7601.7
WisconsinMadison1,210$26,3401.3
WisconsinMilwaukee3,490$27,1901.5
WisconsinOshkosh230$21,5801.1
WisconsinRacine290$23,2501.5
WisconsinSheboygan360$27,680 2.6
WisconsinWausau180$25,1001.1
WyomingCasper50$26,3500.6
WyomingCheyenne140$28,2001.4
 

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