Hairdresser Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

A count of all the hairdressers in the US adds up to about 617,000 positions. The jobless rate for workers is rated as very low. Approximately 2% of employees were not able to obtain work in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

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

Durham (North Carolina), Corvallis (Oregon), and Honolulu (Hawaii) offer the highest pay for this career, and Longview (Texas), Farmington (New Mexico), and Valdosta (Georgia) offer the lowest salaries.

Training and Education

A postsecondary vocational award is suggested for those who want to pursue this career. About 6% of hairdressers have earned a degree. Those that started college, but did not earn a bachelor's degree, represent about 42% of workers. Employees with a high school education, but no college education, are about 51% of the total. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government stats show that 31% of hairdressers are working part-time. Workers who are self-employed total about 45%.

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Hairdressers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of hairdressers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for hairdressers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$34,000	780
Huntsville	$23,000	710
Montgomery	$31,000	510
Mobile	$21,000	330
Tuscaloosa	$31,000	200
Decatur	$31,000	170
Dothan	$35,000	150
Anniston	$24,000	90

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$29,000	580
Fairbanks	$35,000	60

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$28,000	4,720
Tucson	$26,000	900
Flagstaff	$24,000	110
Yuma	$23,000	70
Prescott	$25,000	60

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$27,000	570
Fayetteville	$28,000	550
Hot Springs	$20,000	130
Fort Smith	$26,000	130
Jonesboro	$20,000	130
Pine Bluff	$18,000	40

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Santa Ana	$23,000	2,840
San Diego	$25,000	2,780
Riverside	$22,000	2,600
San Jose	$22,000	1,850
Sacramento	$27,000	1,570
Oakland	$27,000	1,370
San Francisco	$32,000	1,180
Santa Rosa	$22,000	450
Modesto	$24,000	290
Vallejo	$25,000	240
Santa Cruz	$31,000	210
San Luis Obispo	$22,000	190
Visalia	$19,000	120
Yuba City	$22,000	110
Napa	$20,000	110
Redding	$19,000	100
Chico	$21,000	100
Hanford	$21,000	60
El Centro	$21,000	50
Salinas	$24,000	40

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$27,000	3,600
Colorado Springs	$23,000	690
Boulder	$28,000	620
Fort Collins	$23,000	410
Grand Junction	$24,000	200
Greeley	$20,000	180
Pueblo	$21,000	120

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Bridgeport	$33,000	2,040
Hartford	$32,000	1,530
New Haven	$26,000	880
Norwich	$25,000	640
Danbury	$31,000	380
Waterbury	$23,000	240

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$30,000	1,180
Dover	$26,000	230

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$36,000	6,350

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$23,000	4,420
Miami	$26,000	3,090
Orlando	$28,000	2,950
Fort Lauderdale	$27,000	2,510
West Palm Beach	$29,000	2,200
Jacksonville	$30,000	1,610
Cape Coral	$32,000	1,050
Sarasota	$30,000	1,000
Palm Bay	$26,000	880
Tallahassee	$24,000	490
Port St Lucie	$32,000	480
Pensacola	$26,000	450
Naples	$32,000	390
Deltona	$25,000	370
Ocala	$22,000	370
Lakeland	$30,000	360
Gainesville	$25,000	310
Fort Walton Beach	$26,000	250
Punta Gorda	$21,000	230
Panama City	$25,000	170

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$30,000	4,920
Savannah	$29,000	400
Augusta	$19,000	330
Gainesville	$28,000	180
Athens	$28,000	170
Macon	$26,000	140
Columbus	$25,000	100
Brunswick	$30,000	90
Rome	$21,000	80
Valdosta	$17,000	70
Albany		50

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$41,000	830

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$23,000	750
Coeur Dalene	$25,000	180
Lewiston	$18,000	100

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$27,000	11,160
Springfield	$33,000	360
Peoria	$25,000	330
Bloomington	$24,000	210
Rockford	$27,000	190
Champaign	$32,000	170
Kankakee	$29,000	150
Decatur	$24,000	150

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$28,000	2,430
Gary	$22,000	1,420
South Bend	$24,000	650
Evansville	$23,000	470
Fort Wayne	$22,000	450
Lafayette	$22,000	330
Elkhart	$26,000	290
Terre Haute	$23,000	220
Kokomo	$22,000	150
Anderson	$18,000	120
Bloomington	$25,000	110
Muncie	$20,000	110
Michigan City	$28,000	80
Columbus	$21,000	60

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$27,000	960
Davenport	$23,000	550
Iowa City	$25,000	320
Sioux City	$24,000	250
Waterloo	$22,000	230
Dubuque	$22,000	160
Ames	$26,000	130

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$22,000	750
Topeka	$24,000	250
Lawrence	$20,000	250

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$24,000	1,020
Lexington	$25,000	420
Elizabethtown	$21,000	140
Bowling Green	$22,000	120
Owensboro	$20,000	110

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$31,000	890
Baton Rouge	$25,000	590
Lafayette	$20,000	350
Shreveport	$21,000	280
Lake Charles	$18,000	190
Alexandria	$19,000	130
Houma	$18,000	120
Monroe	$18,000	80

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$27,000	680
Lewiston	$28,000	120
Bangor	$26,000	110

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$31,000	4,460
Bethesda	$34,000	2,890
Hagerstown	$25,000	310
Salisbury	$22,000	190
Cumberland	$22,000	120

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$31,000	4,910
Springfield	$30,000	940
Worcester	$30,000	880
Framingham	$35,000	610
Barnstable Town	$32,000	530
Lowell	$25,000	400
Haverhill	$27,000	250
New Bedford		210
Pittsfield	$26,000	160
Lawrence	$32,000	160
Taunton	$28,000	140

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$27,000	4,830
Detroit	$25,000	1,990
Grand Rapids	$22,000	1,190
Lansing	$22,000	430
Flint	$21,000	410
Ann Arbor	$30,000	340
Kalamazoo	$27,000	280
Holland	$34,000	220
Muskegon	$24,000	180
Bay City	$23,000	150
Battle Creek	$18,000	120
Jackson	$24,000	120
Niles		100

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$30,000	7,680
Duluth	$28,000	510
Rochester	$26,000	280
St Cloud	$24,000	280

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$28,000	220
Hattiesburg	$19,000	150
Gulfport	$21,000	130

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$26,000	3,880
Kansas City	$25,000	2,920
Springfield	$19,000	510
Columbia	$23,000	400
Joplin	$20,000	160
St Joseph	$27,000	150
Jefferson City	$28,000	140

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$29,000	240
Missoula	$20,000	170

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$24,000	1,420
Lincoln	$22,000	470

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$25,000	1,580
Reno	$22,000	710
Carson City	$21,000	60

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$28,000	650
Manchester	$23,000	360
Rochester	$19,000	200
Portsmouth	$32,000	140

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$31,000	5,020
Newark	$30,000	4,050
Camden	$34,000	2,350
Trenton	$33,000	600
Atlantic City	$30,000	430
Ocean City	$29,000	250
Vineland	$27,000	200

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$26,000	1,040
Santa Fe	$30,000	150
Las Cruces	$19,000	110
Farmington	$15,000	70

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$33,000	15,070
Nassau	$27,000	5,170
Buffalo	$25,000	1,700
Rochester	$26,000	1,520
Poughkeepsie	$25,000	1,080
Albany	$25,000	990
Syracuse	$22,000	960
Utica	$25,000	210
Kingston	$21,000	190
Glens Falls	$30,000	150
Elmira	$20,000	110
Ithaca	$27,000	100

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$26,000	2,280
Raleigh	$34,000	1,300
Winston Salem	$28,000	560
Durham	$39,000	490
Asheville	$22,000	450
Greensboro	$22,000	430
Fayetteville	$20,000	330
Wilmington	$19,000	270
Jacksonville	$24,000	190
Greenville	$20,000	120
Goldsboro	$18,000	60
Rocky Mount	$17,000	60

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Bismarck	$23,000	240

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$25,000	4,470
Cincinnati	$27,000	4,180
Columbus	$24,000	2,390
Akron	$24,000	1,830
Dayton	$25,000	1,240
Toledo	$24,000	950
Canton	$24,000	810
Youngstown	$19,000	640
Mansfield	$24,000	340
Lima	$18,000	280
Springfield	$27,000	210
Sandusky	$26,000	50

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$20,000	1,040
Tulsa	$20,000	950
Lawton	$17,000	110

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$27,000	1,990
Salem	$27,000	390
Medford	$23,000	170
Corvallis	$32,000	130

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$26,000	7,730
Pittsburgh	$22,000	5,370
Allentown	$24,000	1,580
Harrisburg	$22,000	1,320
Scranton	$22,000	1,150
Lancaster	$23,000	880
Erie	$22,000	740
York	$24,000	610
Reading	$22,000	560
Altoona	$20,000	300
Johnstown	$22,000	240
Williamsport	$24,000	180
Lebanon	$22,000	170
State College	$25,000	130

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$28,000	1,690

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$30,000	1,080
Columbia	$24,000	850
Greenville	$27,000	560
Myrtle Beach	$21,000	210
Spartanburg	$21,000	170
Florence	$32,000	90

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$25,000	270
Rapid City	$26,000	170

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$31,000	1,710
Memphis	$28,000	1,210
Knoxville	$31,000	850
Chattanooga	$25,000	340
Kingsport	$23,000	180
Jackson	$25,000	130
Clarksville	$27,000	80

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$23,000	6,110
Fort Worth	$24,000	2,310
San Antonio	$24,000	2,180
Austin	$31,000	1,730
El Paso	$18,000	610
Mcallen	$18,000	320
Killeen	$24,000	310
Tyler	$24,000	280
Beaumont	$25,000	220
Waco	$27,000	200
Laredo	$19,000	180
Corpus Christi		180
Longview	$16,000	170
Lubbock	$18,000	160
Midland	$21,000	150
San Angelo	$25,000	150
Amarillo	$22,000	140
Abilene		140
Odessa	$21,000	130
Texarkana	$21,000	70

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$22,000	1,260
Ogden	$24,000	790
Provo	$22,000	570

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$37,000	220

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$26,000	2,490
Richmond	$33,000	1,890
Roanoke	$18,000	480
Charlottesville	$28,000	470
Blacksburg	$26,000	250
Lynchburg	$27,000	220
Harrisonburg		170
Winchester	$28,000	110
Danville	$29,000	30

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$35,000	5,470
Tacoma	$29,000	740
Spokane	$31,000	450
Bremerton	$30,000	330
Bellingham	$25,000	230
Olympia	$29,000	220
Kennewick	$24,000	180
Longview	$35,000	130
Wenatchee	$23,000	110
Mount Vernon		100
Yakima	$28,000	80

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wheeling	$19,000	330
Charleston	$24,000	310
Huntington	$25,000	250
Morgantown	$22,000	210
Parkersburg	$19,000	170
Weirton	$22,000	160

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$27,000	3,490
Madison	$26,000	1,210
Appleton	$27,000	610
Green Bay	$20,000	580
Sheboygan	$28,000	360
Eau Claire	$28,000	320
La Crosse	$23,000	290
Racine	$23,000	290
Janesville	$22,000	260
Oshkosh	$22,000	230
Fond	$25,000	190
Wausau	$25,000	180

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$28,000	140
Casper	$26,000	50

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