Esthetician Salary

If you're interested in health and beauty, enjoy working with people, and want a job where you don't have to sit behind a desk all day, becoming an esthetician is a great career option. As licensed skin care specialists, estheticians work in a variety of settings, including day spas, salons and both dermatology and medical offices. Estheticians may perform skin treatments such as waxing, exfoliation and laser hair removal. Depending on the work setting, they may also provide makeup and skin care advice to clients. Anyone seeking beauty and skin care tips will appreciate the expertise of an esthetician, but medical estheticians provide services that can really change lives. After surgery or other trauma, patients may work with an esthetician to learn make-up application and skin care methods that conceal injuries or just help them to feel better. Not only is this a valuable service to patients, but the salary range for an esthetician is often higher in medical settings. This is shown in the Esthetician Salary by Industry chart as well as the Esthetician Salary by Employer Type chart, which ranks hospitals as having the highest salary for an esthetician.

Esthetician Salary by Location

The average salary of an esthetician may be completely different from one city to the next. If you're thinking about becoming an esthetician, be sure to research both the salary range for an esthetician in different areas and the cost of attending school. Licensing and certification requirements may also vary in different states. Looking at the Esthetician Salary by City report, New York is at the top of the list as the city offering the highest esthetician salary. However, California just beats New York on the Esthetician Salary by State report. Of course, New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles also beat most other cities when it comes to high cost of living. Use PayScale's Cost of Living Calculator to compare the Cost of Living and Average Salary of an Esthetician in these pricey locations.

For more salary data related to the health and beauty industry, find out how the salary range for an esthetician compares to a Makeup Artist Salary and a Massage Therapist's Salary.