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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 90 $23,920 0.8 Alabama Birmingham 780 $34,060 0.5 Alabama Decatur 170 $30,830 1.3 Alabama Dothan 150 $34,720 1 Alabama Huntsville 710 $22,800 1.3 Alabama Mobile 330 $21,090 0.7 Alabama Montgomery 510 $30,710 1.1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 200 $31,460 0.9 Alaska Anchorage 580 $29,050 1.4 Alaska Fairbanks 60 $34,770 0.8 Arizona Flagstaff 110 $24,460 0.8 Arizona Phoenix 4,720 $28,050 0.9 Arizona Prescott 60 $25,420 0.4 Arizona Tucson 900 $26,280 0.9 Arizona Yuma 70 $23,030 0.5 Arkansas Fayetteville 550 $28,290 1 Arkansas Fort Smith 130 $25,870 0.4 Arkansas Hot Springs 130 $20,090 1.5 Arkansas Jonesboro 130 $19,600 1.1 Arkansas Little Rock 570 $26,730 0.6 Arkansas Pine Bluff 40 $18,360 0.5 California Chico 100 $20,910 0.6 California El Centro 50 $21,180 0.4 California Hanford 60 $21,040 0.9 California Modesto 290 $23,570 0.7 California Napa 110 $20,420 0.7 California Oakland 1,370 $27,320 0.5 California Redding 100 $19,380 0.6 California Riverside 2,600 $21,890 0.7 California Sacramento 1,570 $27,440 0.6 California Salinas 40 $24,140 0.1 California San Diego 2,780 $25,030 0.7 California San Francisco 1,180 $32,050 0.4 California San Jose 1,850 $21,690 0.7 California San Luis Obispo 190 $22,020 0.7 California Santa Ana 2,840 $22,830 0.7 California Santa Cruz 210 $30,990 0.9 California Santa Rosa 450 $22,370 0.9 California Vallejo 240 $25,010 0.8 California Visalia 120 $18,820 0.3 California Yuba City 110 $22,060 1.2 Colorado Boulder 620 $28,180 1.4 Colorado Colorado Springs 690 $23,480 1 Colorado Denver 3,600 $26,860 1 Colorado Fort Collins 410 $23,200 1.3 Colorado Grand Junction 200 $24,050 1.4 Colorado Greeley 180 $19,940 1 Colorado Pueblo 120 $21,100 0.9 Connecticut Bridgeport 2,040 $33,160 1.7 Connecticut Danbury 380 $31,020 2.1Connecticut Hartford 1,530 $32,470 1 Connecticut New Haven 880 $26,480 1.2 Connecticut Norwich 640 $24,900 2 Connecticut Waterbury 240 $23,080 1.4 Delaware Dover 230 $25,940 1.7 Delaware Wilmington 1,180 $30,020 1.3 District of Columbia Washington 6,350 $36,050 1 Florida Cape Coral 1,050 $32,030 1.9 Florida Deltona 370 $25,460 0.9 Florida Fort Lauderdale 2,510 $26,680 1.2 Florida Fort Walton Beach 250 $25,600 1.3 Florida Gainesville 310 $25,430 1 Florida Jacksonville 1,610 $30,170 1 Florida Lakeland 360 $30,180 0.7 Florida Miami 3,090 $25,960 1.1 Florida Naples 390 $32,140 1.2 Florida Ocala 370 $22,090 1.5 Florida Orlando 2,950 $28,170 1 Florida Palm Bay 880 $25,590 1.7 Florida Panama City 170 $25,460 1 Florida Pensacola 450 $26,000 1.1 Florida Port St Lucie 480 $31,580 1.4 Florida Punta Gorda 230 $20,620 2.5Florida Sarasota 1,000 $29,960 1.4 Florida Tallahassee 490 $23,710 1.1 Florida Tampa 4,420 $23,440 1.3 Florida West Palm Beach 2,200 $28,770 1.5 Georgia Albany 50 0.3 Georgia Athens 170 $28,050 0.9 Georgia Atlanta 4,920 $29,870 0.7 Georgia Augusta 330 $19,370 0.6 Georgia Brunswick 90 $29,530 0.9 Georgia Columbus 100 $25,470 0.4 Georgia Gainesville 180 $27,770 1 Georgia Macon 140 $26,340 0.5 Georgia Rome 80 $20,730 0.9 Georgia Savannah 400 $28,910 1 Georgia Valdosta 70 $17,490 0.5 Hawaii Honolulu 830 $40,920 0.7 Idaho Boise 750 $23,190 1 Idaho Coeur Dalene 180 $25,030 1.3 Idaho Lewiston 100 $18,130 2 Illinois Bloomington 210 $24,370 1.2 Illinois Champaign 170 $31,890 0.7 Illinois Chicago 11,160 $26,920 1 Illinois Decatur 150 $24,170 1.3 Illinois Kankakee 150 $29,260 1.7 Illinois Peoria 330 $24,620 0.7 Illinois Rockford 190 $26,760 0.5 Illinois Springfield 360 $32,860 1.4 Indiana Anderson 120 $18,260 1.3 Indiana Bloomington 110 $25,040 0.6 Indiana Columbus 60 $21,330 0.6 Indiana Elkhart 290 $26,410 0.9 Indiana Evansville 470 $22,870 1 Indiana Fort Wayne 450 $22,090 0.8 Indiana Gary 1,420 $22,110 1.9 Indiana Indianapolis 2,430 $27,580 1 Indiana Kokomo 150 $21,900 1.8 Indiana Lafayette 330 $21,620 1.7 Indiana Michigan City 80 $28,110 0.8 Indiana Muncie 110 $20,280 1 Indiana South Bend 650 $24,080 1.8 Indiana Terre Haute 220 $23,290 1.3 Iowa Ames 130 $26,090 1.5 Iowa Davenport 550 $23,340 1.1 Iowa Des Moines 960 $26,730 1.1 Iowa Dubuque 160 $22,040 1.3 Iowa Iowa City 320 $24,570 1.8 Iowa Sioux City 250 $23,780 1.4 Iowa Waterloo 230 $21,700 1.1 Kansas Lawrence 250 $20,030 2.3Kansas Topeka 250 $23,660 0.9 Kansas Wichita 750 $21,740 0.9 Kentucky Bowling Green 120 $22,100 0.9 Kentucky Elizabethtown 140 $20,540 1.3 Kentucky Lexington 420 $24,920 0.6 Kentucky Louisville 1,020 $24,010 0.6 Kentucky Owensboro 110 $20,120 0.9 Louisiana Alexandria 130 $19,320 0.9 Louisiana Baton Rouge 590 $25,330 0.6 Louisiana Houma 120 $17,750 0.5 Louisiana Lafayette 350 $20,180 0.9 Louisiana Lake Charles 190 $18,130 0.9 Louisiana Monroe 80 $17,840 0.4 Louisiana New Orleans 890 $30,590 0.6 Louisiana Shreveport 280 $21,230 0.6 Maine Bangor 110 $26,070 0.7 Maine Lewiston 120 $27,500 1 Maine Portland 680 $27,190 1.2 Maryland Baltimore 4,460 $31,050 1.2 Maryland Bethesda 2,890 $33,740 1.8 Maryland Cumberland 120 $22,350 1.4 Maryland Hagerstown 310 $25,020 1.2 Maryland Salisbury 190 $22,000 1.5 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 530 $31,670 2Massachusetts Boston 4,910 $30,620 1 Massachusetts Framingham 610 $35,320 1.4 Massachusetts Haverhill 250 $26,690 1.3 Massachusetts Lawrence 160 $31,510 1.1 Massachusetts Lowell 400 $24,650 1.3 Massachusetts New Bedford 210 1.3 Massachusetts Pittsfield 160 $26,330 2.1Massachusetts Springfield 940 $29,860 1.1 Massachusetts Taunton 140 $27,980 1.3 Massachusetts Worcester 880 $30,190 1.3 Michigan Ann Arbor 340 $30,380 0.8 Michigan Battle Creek 120 $17,860 1 Michigan Bay City 150 $22,770 1.9 Michigan Detroit 1,990 $25,270 1 Michigan Flint 410 $21,470 1.1 Michigan Grand Rapids 1,190 $22,440 1.1 Michigan Holland 220 $33,810 0.8 Michigan Jackson 120 $23,730 0.9 Michigan Kalamazoo 280 $26,720 0.8 Michigan Lansing 430 $21,820 0.8 Michigan Muskegon 180 $24,290 1.2 Michigan Niles 100 0.7 Michigan Warren 4,830 $26,550 1.5 Minnesota Duluth 510 $27,660 1.5 Minnesota Minneapolis 7,680 $30,160 1.5 Minnesota Rochester 280 $26,450 1.2 Minnesota St Cloud 280 $23,750 1.1 Mississippi Gulfport 130 $20,900 0.5 Mississippi Hattiesburg 150 $18,780 1.1 Mississippi Jackson 220 $28,190 0.3 Missouri Columbia 400 $22,960 1.9 Missouri Jefferson City 140 $28,110 0.8 Missouri Joplin 160 $19,870 0.8 Missouri Kansas City 2,920 $24,700 1 Missouri Springfield 510 $18,930 1 Missouri St Joseph 150 $27,170 1.2 Missouri St Louis 3,880 $25,520 1 Montana Billings 240 $28,830 1.2 Montana Missoula 170 $20,130 1.3 Nebraska Lincoln 470 $21,540 1.1 Nebraska Omaha 1,420 $24,360 1.1 Nevada Carson City 60 $21,410 1 Nevada Las Vegas 1,580 $25,360 0.6 Nevada Reno 710 $22,370 1.3 New Hampshire Manchester 360 $23,430 1.3 New Hampshire Nashua 650 $28,130 1.8 New Hampshire Portsmouth 140 $32,330 1 New Hampshire Rochester 200 $19,320 1.4 New Jersey Atlantic City 430 $29,810 1.1 New Jersey Camden 2,350 $34,170 1.6 New Jersey Edison 5,020 $31,450 1.7 New Jersey Newark 4,050 $29,730 1.4 New Jersey Ocean City 250 $29,160 2.5New Jersey Trenton 600 $33,200 1 New Jersey Vineland 200 $27,360 1.4 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,040 $25,830 1 New Mexico Farmington 70 $15,350 0.5 New Mexico Las Cruces 110 $19,340 0.7 New Mexico Santa Fe 150 $29,570 1 New York Albany 990 $24,900 0.8 New York Buffalo 1,700 $25,050 1.1 New York Elmira 110 $20,310 1.3 New York Glens Falls 150 $29,560 1.2 New York Ithaca 100 $26,960 1 New York Kingston 190 $20,960 1.3 New York Nassau 5,170 $26,730 1.5 New York New York 15,070 $32,590 1 New York Poughkeepsie 1,080 $24,770 1.7 New York Rochester 1,520 $25,950 1.1 New York Syracuse 960 $21,750 1.1 New York Utica 210 $24,770 0.6 North Carolina Asheville 450 $21,550 0.9 North Carolina Charlotte 2,280 $26,020 0.9 North Carolina Durham 490 $38,990 0.7 North Carolina Fayetteville 330 $19,580 1 North Carolina Goldsboro 60 $17,910 0.7 North Carolina Greensboro 430 $22,070 0.4 North Carolina Greenville 120 $19,900 0.7 North Carolina Jacksonville 190 $23,540 2 North Carolina Raleigh 1,300 $33,820 0.9 North Carolina Rocky Mount 60 $16,890 0.4 North Carolina Wilmington 270 $19,140 0.7 North Carolina Winston Salem 560 $27,550 1 North Dakota Bismarck 240 $22,660 1.7 Ohio Akron 1,830 $23,780 2 Ohio Canton 810 $23,590 1.7 Ohio Cincinnati 4,180 $26,520 1.4 Ohio Cleveland 4,470 $25,140 1.5 Ohio Columbus 2,390 $23,790 0.9 Ohio Dayton 1,240 $25,370 1.2 Ohio Lima 280 $17,970 2.2Ohio Mansfield 340 $24,160 2.7Ohio Sandusky 50 $25,760 0.6 Ohio Springfield 210 $26,550 1.9 Ohio Toledo 950 $23,510 1.1 Ohio Youngstown 640 $19,100 1 Oklahoma Lawton 110 $17,210 1.3 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1,040 $20,470 0.7 Oklahoma Tulsa 950 $20,420 0.8 Oregon Corvallis 130 $32,230 1.8 Oregon Medford 170 $22,910 0.8 Oregon Portland 1,990 $26,680 0.7 Oregon Salem 390 $26,980 1 Pennsylvania Allentown 1,580 $24,400 1.7 Pennsylvania Altoona 300 $19,720 2Pennsylvania Erie 740 $21,990 2.3Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1,320 $21,620 1.5 Pennsylvania Johnstown 240 $21,870 1.7 Pennsylvania Lancaster 880 $22,650 1.4 Pennsylvania Lebanon 170 $22,340 1.5 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 7,730 $25,750 1.5 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 5,370 $21,800 1.7 Pennsylvania Reading 560 $22,450 1.3 Pennsylvania Scranton 1,150 $21,770 1.6 Pennsylvania State College 130 $25,240 0.9 Pennsylvania Williamsport 180 $23,840 1.5 Pennsylvania York 610 $24,090 1.3 Rhode Island Providence 1,690 $27,970 1.1 South Carolina Charleston 1,080 $30,340 1.4 South Carolina Columbia 850 $23,640 0.9 South Carolina Florence 90 $31,720 0.4 South Carolina Greenville 560 $26,800 0.7 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 210 $21,370 0.7 South Carolina Spartanburg 170 $20,750 0.5 South Dakota Rapid City 170 $26,310 1.1 South Dakota Sioux Falls 270 $25,160 0.7 Tennessee Chattanooga 340 $24,870 0.5 Tennessee Clarksville 80 $26,540 0.4 Tennessee Jackson 130 $24,830 0.9 Tennessee Kingsport 180 $22,760 0.6 Tennessee Knoxville 850 $31,240 0.9 Tennessee Memphis 1,210 $27,670 0.7 Tennessee Nashville 1,710 $31,050 0.8 Texas Abilene 140 0.9 Texas Amarillo 140 $21,720 0.5 Texas Austin 1,730 $30,820 0.8 Texas Beaumont 220 $24,710 0.5 Texas Corpus Christi 180 0.4 Texas El Paso 610 $17,680 0.9 Texas Fort Worth 2,310 $23,540 1 Texas Houston 6,110 $22,770 0.8 Texas Killeen 310 $23,870 1 Texas Laredo 180 $19,030 0.9 Texas Longview 170 $15,890 0.7 Texas Lubbock 160 $17,800 0.5 Texas Mcallen 320 $18,430 0.5 Texas Midland 150 $20,890 0.9 Texas Odessa 130 $20,740 0.9 Texas San Angelo 150 $25,230 1.6 Texas San Antonio 2,180 $23,550 0.9 Texas Texarkana 70 $21,210 0.5 Texas Tyler 280 $23,710 1.2 Texas Waco 200 $26,550 0.8 Utah Ogden 790 $23,630 1.5 Utah Provo 570 $21,810 1.3 Utah Salt Lake City 1,260 $22,190 0.7 Vermont Burlington 220 $36,560 0.8 Virginia Blacksburg 250 $26,120 1.7 Virginia Charlottesville 470 $28,480 2 Virginia Danville 30 $28,800 0.4 Virginia Harrisonburg 170 1.3 Virginia Lynchburg 220 $27,440 0.9 Virginia Richmond 1,890 $32,800 1.1 Virginia Roanoke 480 $17,630 1.1 Virginia Virginia Beach 2,490 $26,310 1.2 Virginia Winchester 110 $27,970 0.9 Washington Bellingham 230 $25,210 1.1 Washington Bremerton 330 $30,210 1.6 Washington Kennewick 180 $24,250 0.8 Washington Longview 130 $34,750 1.7 Washington Mount Vernon 100 0.9 Washington Olympia 220 $29,110 0.9 Washington Seattle 5,470 $35,460 1.4 Washington Spokane 450 $30,940 0.8 Washington Tacoma 740 $28,510 1 Washington Wenatchee 110 $22,630 1.2 Washington Yakima 80 $27,540 0.4 West Virginia Charleston 310 $23,690 0.8 West Virginia Huntington 250 $24,940 0.8 West Virginia Morgantown 210 $21,880 1.9 West Virginia Parkersburg 170 $18,960 1 West Virginia Weirton 160 $22,470 1.6 West Virginia Wheeling 330 $18,880 2.1Wisconsin Appleton 610 $26,820 2.1Wisconsin Eau Claire 320 $27,710 1.7 Wisconsin Fond 190 $24,650 1.8 Wisconsin Green Bay 580 $20,280 1.3 Wisconsin Janesville 260 $21,930 1.6 Wisconsin La Crosse 290 $22,760 1.7 Wisconsin Madison 1,210 $26,340 1.3 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3,490 $27,190 1.5 Wisconsin Oshkosh 230 $21,580 1.1 Wisconsin Racine 290 $23,250 1.5 Wisconsin Sheboygan 360 $27,680 2.6Wisconsin Wausau 180 $25,100 1.1 Wyoming Casper 50 $26,350 0.6 Wyoming Cheyenne 140 $28,200 1.4
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