Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

This post summarizes key statistics on Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	17,287
25	27,009
30	30,898
35	30,898
40	30,898
45	29,486
50	28,352
55	27,009
60	24,434
65	20,528

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	4.8
High School Degree	42.7
Some College, No Degree	33.4
Associate's Degree	12.1
Bachelor's Degree	6.0
Master's Degree	0.7
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.3
PhD	0.0

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	18.40
20-39	39.80
39-41	29.10
41-50	8.90
50-60	2.80
More than 60	1.00

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
96.90	26,877	Beauty shops
0.70	28,352	Barber shops
0.50	24,434	Miscellaneous personal services
0.20	13,439	Apparel and accessory stores, except shoe
0.10	24,718	Department stores
0.10	13,608	Eating and drinking places
0.10	24,718	Miscellaneous retail stores
0.10	82,393	Theaters and motion pictures
0.10	24,434	Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services
0.10	18,538	Nursing and personal care facilities

This table highlights the top industries people working as Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
93.00	No 4-Year Degree	26,084
0.60	General Business	35,653
0.60	Business Management and Administration	24,718
0.40	Psychology	40,314
0.40	Marketing and Marketing Research	54,020
0.30	Communications	41,197
0.30	General Education	27,976
0.20	Cosmetology Services and Culinary Arts	40,314
0.20	English Language and Literature	34,023
0.20	Liberal Arts	27,808

This table highlights the top majors people working as Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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