Salary of an Electrolysis Technician

Electrolysis may let some people with excessive hair growth toss their razor aside.

Electrolysis technicians (also known as electrologists) use small amounts of electricity to target individual hair follicles in the skin. The electricity damages or completely destroys the follicles and therefore results in slower hair growth. For this work, electrolysis technicians could earn up to approximately $51,000 annually at the time of publication, but most electrolysis technicians earned rates closer to $30,000 per year.

Average Compensation

The Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies electrolysis technicians with other skin care specialists, who earned an average rate of $15.40 per hour in May, 2010. The BLS normally assumes 2,080 work hours per year, or 40 hours per week, when calculating yearly salaries. Thus, the BLS reports that, based on the hourly rate, electrolysis technicians made an average yearly salary of $32,030 per year.

Range

The BLS shows that the hourly rate for electrolysis technicians was $8.22 per hour in the 10th percentile, $9.92 per hour in the 25th percentile and $13.90 hourly at the median. In the 75th percentile, electrolysis technicians earned $19.62 hourly, while those in the 90th percentile made $24.47 per hour. This translates to a yearly range of $17,090 to $50,890.

Geographical Location

Pay for electrolysis technicians was lowest in May, 2010, in Missouri, where the yearly compensation averaged $19,970 per year, according to the BLS. Another low-paying region was Georgia, where electrolysis technicians made an average of $21,320 annually. In Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania and Ohio, earnings averaged $22,360, $23,270 and $24,070 per year.

The highest average pay for an electrolysis technician, $46,130 per year, was in Delaware. In Hawaii, average earnings were $42,810, while compensation averaged $41,650 annually in Oregon. In the District of Columbia and the State of Washington, the average pay was $41,580 and $40,370, respectively.

Sector Variance

The highest level of employment for electrolysis technicians in May, 2010, was in the personal care services industry, according to the BLS. In this sector, pay averaged $30,410 annually. Other high-employing sectors included physicians' offices, traveler accommodation and other amusement and recreation, which paid averages of $39,540, $31,660 and $38,450 per year, respectively. Electrolysis technicians perform the same procedures in traveler accommodation and amusement and recreation as in personal care and medical organizations, but do so under the lens of luxury, fun and leisure. Health and personal care stores and other personal services paid an average of $27,880 and $33,220 annually, respectively. Outpatient care centers paid electrolysis technicians an average of $37,650 per year, general medical and surgical hospitals paid $37,280 on average annually, and department stores paid an average of $36,660 per year.

References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics; Skincare Specialists; May 2010