How Much Do Hair Stylists Make Per Hour?
Your hairstylist, also known professionally as a cosmetologist or hairdresser, helps you achieve the hair of your dreams. There are approximately 349,210 such women and men working in this occupation in the Untied States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2009 data. The Bureau, from which the following hourly data comes, notes that this job market is expected to grow by 20 percent by 2018.
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National Average
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Nationally, hairstylists average an hourly wage of $13.02. This adds up to an annual salary of $27,070. Hairstylists in the 10th percentile -- in other words, 10 percent of hairstylists make less than this amount -- bring in $8.68 hourly; those in the 25th percentile net $8.79 an hour; and stylists in the 75th percentile nab $15.12 hourly.
Employers by Employee Numbers
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The vast majority of America's hairstylists -- approximately 92 percent -- work in personal care service outlets, such as salons. In such employment, they earn an average of $13.10 an hour. The second biggest employer of hairstylists is department stores, which dole out $10.79 on average. Health stores rank third and pay $13.11 on average an hour.
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Employers by Hourly Wages
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The highest-paying employer on average is the motion picture industry, in which hairstylists can expect an average hourly rate of $28.90. That's more than double the national hourly rate. Other top-paying employers of hairstylists include amusement and recreation companies, which pay $14.78 an hour, and -- perhaps unexpectedly -- substance abuse hospitals, which dole out $15.12 an hour.
States
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The three states with the highest concentration of hairstylists for every thousand workers within the state are Pennsylvania, which rings in at $11.90 an hour; New Jersey, at $14.61 hourly; and Wisconsin, in which hairstylists earn $11.82 an hour. Meanwhile, the three top-paying regions for hairstylists are Washington, D.C., which has a reported average hourly wage of $20.83 for hairstylists; Hawaii, at $18.94 an hour; and Delaware, at $16.25 an hour.
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